thornstevens

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by thornstevens 16y ago
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I see home robotics as the natural progression of computing into the home. A world where your iPad, your phone, your computer, your TV and your home robots are all connected. It's very limiting to th
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by thornstevens 16y ago
If you read the post, the point is made that a defense contractor is a more likely takeover candidate in the near-term. But five years from now, why wouldn't a forward looking guy like Steve Jobs, or even Bill Gates, turn their attention to
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by thornstevens 16y ago
Who has the most robots in our soldiers' hands in Iraq and Afghanistan? Who else has developed a robotic vacuum that sells in the millions, or a robotic mop that sells in the hundreds of thousands, or, frankly, any home robot that is not a
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by thornstevens 16y ago
Robotics certainly needs somebody to kickstart it. It's hard to do when the biggest consumer robotics company is worth about $500 million. You need real scale. The kind of scale that Apple could instantly provide.
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by thornstevens 16y ago
It's about 50-50, with slightly more revenue ($200 million plus this year alone) from home robots.
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by thornstevens 16y ago
Why not a talent acquisition? iRobot has the best roboticists MIT has to offer, and a growing trove of patents. Apple isn't in the cleaning business now. But they weren't in the music business 10 years ago.
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by thornstevens 16y ago
Lawn moving robots are already around but pricey ($1K+). This blog, Robot Stock News, has a report on iRobot's patents for a robotic lawnmower, Roomba upgrades and more. iRobot also has promised new home robots soon, so we will have to see.