iRobot Founder Wants to Put a Robotic Familiar Into Your Home
Evan Ackerman
Two years ago, Colin Angle stepped down as CEO of iRobot , the company that he co-founded and the most successful home robot company the world has ever seen. Angle almost immediately founded a stealthy new “physical AI” company called Familiar Machines & Magic (FM&M), which in short order managed to attract a combination of exceptionally talented robotics folks, including Morgan Pope from Disney Research , which got us very curious. Today, Familiar Machines & Magic is announcing its first robot,