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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- September 19, 2019
- Duration
- 37m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Colin Angle is the CEO and co-founder of iRobot, a robotics company that for 29 years has been creating robots that operate successfully in the real world, not as a demo or on a scale of dozens, but on a scale of thousands and millions. As of this year, iRobot has sold more than 25 million robots to consumers, including the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot, the Braava floor mopping robot, and soon the Terra lawn mowing robot. 25 million robots successfully operating autonomously in people's homes to me is an incredible accomplishment of science, engineering, logistics, and all kinds of entrepreneurial innovation. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep39-sb See below for timestamps, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact *OUTLINE:* 0:00 - Introduction 1:52 - Three laws of robotics 4:50 - Robots in the home 13:32 - How to build a successful robotics company 23:21 - Autonomous vehicles and home robotics (Tesla, Lidar, Vision) 26:21 - Robot in every home 27:24 - Data, privacy, and trust 32:58 - Human-level intelligence 35:26 - Data from Star Trek *PODCAST LINKS:*
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SPEAKERS
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guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Colin Angle, Colin Angle: iRobot CEO | Lex Fridman Podcast #39 explores iRobot CEO on home robots, privacy, and practical AI futures Colin Angle, CEO and co‑founder of iRobot, discusses how the company built successful consumer robots like Roomba by focusing on clear, repeatable household pain points and delivering more value than the product costs. He explains the evolution from lab robots to mass-market devices that map and understand homes, and outlines a vision where homes largely maintain themselves through coordinated robotic systems. Angle emphasizes robots as partners rather than fully autonomous agents, highlighting human-in-the-loop interaction, natural language commands, and future capabilities like manipulation with arms. He also addresses privacy concerns, iRobot’s data-protection stance, and why emotional behavior may eventually be essential for more intelligent robots.
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