Building Robots That Care: A Conversation with Colin Angle

Colin Angle, Co-Founder of iRobot and CEO & Co-Founder of Familiar Machines & Magic, joins CG Senior Sustainability Analyst George Gianarikas to reflect on his decades-long journey in robotics. He discusses his early inspiration, formative years at MIT’s Artificial Insect Lab, and the serendipitous origins of iRobot. Angle shares key lessons from building robots that must deliver more value than they cost—principles that shaped products from space‑exploration prototypes to the Roomba....