There are so many opportunities to make a bad decision in building a robot company on top of all the normal ways that entrepreneurs screw up that it is incredibly difficult to truly create value because it is so cost-sensitive.
Colin AngleThat's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments.
Colin AngleAt the World Cup, there is a constant risk that you might find a bag or some object that has been left behind, and no one is quite sure what it is. To bring in a full bomb-disposal team for each item can be very time-consuming. The PackBot can go over rough terrain, climb stairs, pick things up, and also be operated from a safe distance.
Colin AngleThe way that the robotics market is going to grow, at least in the home, is that we'll have a number of different special purpose robots.
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