Educational Session on How to Program iRobot Roomba for New Robot Applications
| What: | Industry visionary Colin Angle delivers the keynote address
at the RoboBusiness Conference & Exposition. Angle will outline key
technology and business opportunities in the growing robot market, including
the development of prototypes using the iRobot Roomba® Vacuuming Robot
and iRobot PackBot® Tactical Mobile Robot platforms.
In addition, expert Roomba developers will conduct an educational software development session on the Roomba platform so robotocists, developers and robot enthusiasts can create cool, new applications with the vacuuming robot. See how developers have reprogrammed Roomba to race through a maze using development tools and a laptop. Attendees can even try racing Roomba themselves at the hands-on demo stations, sponsored by iRobot. |
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| Who: | Angle, co-founder and chief executive officer of iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), has helped transform iRobot from a small MIT spin-off to a $142 million business that designs practical and affordable robots that make a difference in people’s lives. |
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| When: | Keynote address: 10 a.m. ET, Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Roomba Developers Education Session: 1 p.m. ET, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Roomba races: Tuesday and Wednesday, throughout both days of the show at the Roomba Developers Booth |
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| Where: | RoboBusiness Conference & Exposition iRobot booth No. 17 |
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| Contact: | Elena Frigeri Elena.Frigeri@ar-edelman.com (781) 418-3135 |
Charlotte Crivelli ccrivelli@arpartners.com (212) 905-6147 |
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