Exploring the CTO Role — AI & Robotics — Home Robots

Understanding the Business and Technology

The use of AI & Robotics in Intelligent Sensing is not new — be it in the area of space research — Mars Rover exploration — that explains Colin M Angle, Co-founder of iRobot, a home robot company, having a background and previous work experience at the National Aeronautical and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he participated in the design of the behavior controlled rovers that led to Sojourner exploring Mars in 1997. Early applications of smart devices using similar technologies have been in the areas of deep sea exploration, use by defense personnel in the detection of land mines and bombs and small portable communication devices.

Lets explore this increasingly competitive marketplace where the players are providing a differentiated customer experience with ongoing updates, best-in-class technology, easy set-up, premium built quality, and great customer support that make it attractive to trade partners who are offering more shelf space.

The Competitive landscape can be viewed in three broad buckets — 1) those that are pure play Robotic Vacuum Companies, 2) those that are Consumer Electronics Companies offering Robotic Home Products and 3) those that are Robotic and Automation Companies having relevant…