iRobot CEO Colin Angle Says Robot Nurses will Cut Health Care Costs

Health care is a $2.2 trillion a year business. iRobot CEO Colin Angle tells CNET's Erica Ogg that robotic nurses can help cut those costs. She includes a photo of a prototype that looks like an iRobot LE (a telepresence robot first developed in 2000).

We know that iRobot has been developing such a robot, called the iRobot CiCi, and have reported that on the blog in the past, but unknown is when iRobot will actually bring such a device to market. A couple years back, Angle predicted that this year would be the year devices in the $1,000 range would make their debut.

Given that health care is perhaps the only really healthy sector of the economy, it would be great for the stock, if nothing else, if iRobot announced a serious competitor here. Even better if they could get Medicare to approve the device for reimbursement.

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