Personal Robotics

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Personal Robotics

• Bryan Adams, Ph.D.
• Team Leader, Research Innovation
• Home Robots
• badams_at_irobot.com

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What Will Drive the Personal Robotics
Revolution?

• Whats stopping us now?
• The value proposition
• Seems easy ? Is easy
• What will be the shot heard round the world?
• A (heretofore undiscovered) high-value market
• New robot capability robust to natural
  environments
• New robot capability really, really (really)
  cheap

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Manipulation is a Key Enabler