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            1988       Angle and others in Rodney Brooks’s research group develop
                       the Genghis walking robot
                       Angle graduates from MIT with an undergraduate degree in
                       electrical engineering

            1990       Angle, Greiner, and Brooks cofound a company called
                       Artificial Creatures—the company eventually becomes iRobot

                       Corporation

            1991       Angle receives NASA award for Tooth microrover
            1999       iRobot markets the “My Real Baby” robot baby doll
                       MIT Technology Review dubs Greiner an “Innovator for the
                       Next Century”

            2002       iRobot’s first Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner hits the market
            2003       Ernst and Young name Angle and Greiner New England
                       Entrepreneur of the Year
                       iRobot’s PackBots are used in Afghanistan and Iraq

            2005       “Scooba,” a robot that can mop fl oors, is introduced


            Further Reading


            Books
            Brooks, Rodney. Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us.
              New York: Pantheon Books, 2002.
                 Describes Brooks’s work and approach to robotics as well as his role
                 with iRobot, Inc.

            Articles
            Jewell, Mark. “iRobot Co-Founder’s Perseverance Now Pays Off.”
              Technology Review, May 31, 2005. Available online. URL:
              http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/ap/ap_3053105.
              asp?p=1. Accessed on September 9, 2005.
                 Interview with Helen Greiner giving some personal background as well
                 as discussion of iRobot’s products.
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