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Wired April 21, 2008 Noah Shachtman	Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots? Jameel Ahed left iRobot to start his own robotics company. His former employers soon realized that their new competitor had taken confidential company documents with him when he left
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Billy Fisher	Sales Surge at Intuitive Surgical Huge demand for Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robotic surgical system leads to an 84% increase in operating income and a huge jump in stock price.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	iRobot Thanks the Tax Man Robot maker iRobot preannounces fourth-quarter earnings, beating all analysts' estimates.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Rich Smith	iRobot Building New Friends? Potential rivals could actually be the roboticist's newest allies.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Rich Smith	iRobot Sweeps the Street $0.20 in Q4 earnings crush Street estimates by a margin of 25%.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will iRobot Short-Circuit? The robot maker is set to report its most recent quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Jack Uldrich	Park 'n' Save With Robots Consider some modest investments in the emerging field of robotics, then park those investments away.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Attack of the Killer Appliances! iRobot is an up-and-comer in the growth industry of police and military tactical robots.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Rick Munarriz	Daily Double: Intuitive Surgical While growth investors may not balk at paying 69 times this year's profits for a dynamic growth company like Intuitive Surgical, they may think twice if a bottom line dip prices the company at nearly 80 times forward earnings.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Intuitive Surgical's Beating Heart Investors, there are a lot of reasons to like Intuitive Surgical. Better software will continue to improve surgeons' performance levels in meeting the demanding requirements of cardiovascular surgery.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2011 Navneet Bajaj	Why I'm Putting iRobot on My Watchlist This stock deserves a look.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Honey, I Shrunk the Military Robots The consumer robotics specialist gets small with its latest creation. iRobot machines can get soldiers out of combative jams and consumers out of filthy homes, so it may be just a matter of time before shareholders catch a break, too.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Anders Bylund	Meet Microsoft's Mr. Roboto Will we all want to thank the Redmond giant for revolutionizing robotics someday soon? This stock might be worth a look.
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The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Are Intuitive Surgical and iRobot Just Babies? Robotic technology is still in the early stages of its development, and it will only get better. The best time for investors to jump in is when that company is young.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Intuitive Surgical Is a Cut Above The maker of medical robots offers hot growth and a red-hot valuation to match.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Success Is Intuitive Surgical robotics continues to grow, and Intuitive Surgical dominates the market. It's important to note, though, that valuation is a tricky matter when you're dealing with fast-growing companies that are basically pioneering entirely new businesses.
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The Motley Fool October 23, 2009 Rich Smith	Robots, Worldwide But it's home, where iRobot's robotic heart is.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Anders Bylund	Can This Moat Still Stave Off Invading Hordes? A closer look at Intuitive Surgical's competition only confirms the thesis: this moat is safe as houses.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Build Your Own Robot iRobot's adoption of the open-source movement is a smart, strategic move. To the extent that hackers are successful, it will be good news for both iRobot and its investors, because it will mean that the firm's bots will become the base platform for new capabilities.
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The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Rich Smith	IRBT SUGV -- ASAP! The Pentagon has asked iRobot to get 25 SUGVs ready for testing by April.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	iRobot Goes to the Dogs The consumer robotics specialist gets down and dirty with its new workshop automaton. The stock's languished trading provides a sharp contrast to the dynamic company that continues to grow sales on the consumer front.
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The Motley Fool August 14, 2006 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Fights for Freedom If the company can become a powerful ally for aging boomers who are seeking to stay in their homes longer, it will also become a profitable ally for investors who believe in the promise of its robotic technology.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Best Small Cap: iRobot In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, here are stock challenges from the publication's writers: iRobot is eking out a marginal profit at present, but that will likely change in the coming years. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Love and War at iRobot The consumer robotics specialist gets drafted for more military duty. Investors, take note.
PC Magazine April 18, 2007 Erik Rhey	Q&A: iRobot Co-Founder Helen Greiner The co-founder and chairman of the board for iRobot talks about the future of helper robots, the PackBot in war zones, and women in technology.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Brian Richards	Intuitive Surgical: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats A look inside the business of the da Vinci robot maker.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2010 Jim Mueller	Buy, Sell, or Hold Intuitive Surgical? Coming into the quarterly earnings, what should investors do regarding Intuitive Surgical? Here's a quick look at some arguments for the three possibilities.
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The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Billy Fisher	Dueling Fools: Intuitive Surgical Bull For a company consistently growing its sales by 50% and maintaining healthy product margins, it's hard to imagine that this medical device maker's stock has yet met its peak.
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The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	Bargain Stocks for Black Friday: Intuitive Surgical This is a company that's seen trailing-12-month revenue increase 59% year over year. No matter what you think of high-growth stocks, its 25 P/E is pretty darn cheap.
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