iRobot CEO Colin Angle Discusses Possibility of Leaving, Says Focus is on Robots for Aging Population

iRobot CEO Colin Angle talked about the possibility of doing “something completely different” if he steps down as CEO at the DEMO conference. He said that he's only ever had two jobs -- "wilderness guy" and CEO of iRobot. Angle also said that he is reenergizing himself by focusing on robotics for the aging population.

In the Q&A, he also talks about kids having elective surgery to replace their eyeballs with robotic ones sold at Brookstone (yuck). And he also is clearly interested in inventing NEW stuff. May be one reason why we haven’t seen the darn iRobot lawnmower yet -- cuz somebody else invented one first? He also, humorous to us iRobot blog junkies, said he doesn’t read blogs because if he did he’d be manic depressive. (Fun for us: iRobot Co-Founder (and Droid Works CEO) Helen Greiner has subscribed to our Twitter feed. Hey there!)

Here is the video:



And here's a recent interview with Colin Angle in Europe talking up the Roomba (no actual news):



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