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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 September 28, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Pokes Its Head Out of the Gutter A robot to clean gutters could provide a needed boost to iRobot, helping it's stock recover some of the ground it recently gave up when it lost a major battle to supply military robots to the U.S. Army.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	A Chat With Roomba Man The surprise success of iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner marked the arrival of mobile robotic appliances. Yet the company's CEO and co-founder is cautious about the future of more advanced humanoid robots.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 John Teresko	A Robot that Can Smile or Frown MIT debuts Nexi, a robot with facial expressions.
PC Magazine January 29, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Anders Bylund	The Rise of the Robots The maker of military and household helper robots has just raised guidance -- while almost everyone else is cutting theirs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 Courtney E. Howard	iRobot Advances State of the Art in Military Robotics iRobot engineers are applying mobile robot design and production experience to deliver a robot that is small, inexpensive, intelligent, and robust.
Entrepreneur January 2008 Amanda C. Kooser	Rise of the Robots Robots are well on their way from the pages of science fiction to your front door. In fact, advanced humanoid robots could be a part of our everyday life as early as 10 years from now.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Onward Robotic Soldiers A major Defense Department initiative could be a boon to robot manufacturers. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot's Emotional Appeal People's personal attachment to their Roomba vacuums bodes well for iRobot's future prospects.
Entrepreneur April 2003 April Y. Pennington	Mechanically Inclined These entrepreneurial robophiles take their business where no man has gone before.
National Defense June 2008 Stew Magnuson	First Responders Slow to Take Up Robot Technology First responders investigating potential incendiary devices are utilizing the latest robotic devices, but other parts of the emergency services community have been slow to take up the technology.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Tim Scannell	The Next Battlefront For Robots Military robots may be at the front lines, but researchers are now looking at ways to use them to improve medicine and elder lifestyles.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Robot-Makers Ponder Next Moves as Wars Wind Down The end of the nearly nine-year war closed one chapter for a technology that came into its own during the conflict.
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.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Jack Uldrich	iRobot: Bordering on Opportunity? iRobot -- by helping to secure our borders -- could be very well-positioned to receive some healthy government contracts. If so, the company and its investors could be bordering on a real opportunity.
Home Toys December 2002 Colin Angle	Roomba the Robot Sweeps Up According to the manufacturer, the Roomba robot makes it fun and easy to maintain cleaner floors. With the push of a button it automatically sweeps and vacuums just about any room in the house.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Dave Mock	3 Reasons to Sell iRobot Today Not everyone is on the buy side.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Toyota Debuts New Robot Models The Japanese manufacturer introduces its latest additions to "partner robots" being developed to assist people in their everyday lives, but practical use for household robots remains a few years away.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	iRobot Is the Bomb Yes, the company finds itself trading for less than its $24 IPO price, but as long as there are bombs worth disarming and dirty floors worth cleaning, it's really just a matter of time before humans see more merit in iRobot.
National Defense July 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Next-Generation Robots: Bigger and Better? The exploits of bomb-sniffing robots in Iraq and Afghanistan have solidified their role as useful combat tools, but the technology needs to be pushed much further, say robot designers and engineers.
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson	Mini-Flail Robot Designed to Destroy Roadside Bombs A Fredericksburg, Va.-based company has created a robot that will move ahead of ground troops and clear a three-foot wide path for them.
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel	Will Robots Be Asked to Fool the Enemy? In the course of investigating trust between robots and humans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed algorithms that tell a robot when and how to deceive.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010	Military robots to be delivered to U.S. Army by iRobot in $35.3 million contract U.S. Army leaders needed military robots for unmanned ground vehicle applications. They found their solution from iRobot in Bedford, Mass.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2005 Tom Taulli	iRobot Marches on Wall Street The iRobot IPO will be a big test. Will investors take a flier on a money-losing company?
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.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries A new study published today in Nature explains how robots can use a sort of "evolutionary algorithm" to learn new ways of operating after being injured, according to the MIT Technology Review.
IEEE Spectrum December 2006	Just Charge It At Robot Kitchen, in Hong Kong, robots greet, seat, and feed patrons.
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 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	iRobot Is in the Navy The consumer robotics specialist continues to make tactical inroads with its military products. Investors, take note.
National Defense December 2011 Eric Beidel	Army Enlists More Help from Tiny Robots Soldiers in Afghanistan want their own personal robots to scan the insides of buildings and find homemade bombs.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	For Now, Lethal Robots Not Likely to Run on Auto-Pilot Bart Everett, technical director for robots at the Navy's space and naval warfare systems center, acknowledged that the military isn't ready for the next generation of mechanized soldiers.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Robo Decisions Teaching robots to make more humanlike decisions.
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 Smalley & Patch	Bots, humans play together Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are betting that putting humans and robots on the same soccer team will encourage the kind of cooperation that leads to understanding.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Jack Uldrich	iRobot Loses a Battle Shares fall following news that a major contract to supply lightweight tactical robots to the U.S. Army was awarded to a rival. Investors, take note.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Why Toddlers Love Robots Entertainment robots have become sophisticated enough that they can charm toddlers for weeks, or even months, and could soon be useful to teachers as permanent educational assistants, according to research.
Popular Mechanics September 22, 2008 Wayne Ma	Without Winner, TechX Offers Gut Check for Worldwide War Bots Can military robots from non-superpower countries be ready for battle if they're running into garbage bins and mistaking plants for elevators?
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.
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.
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Peter Alpern	Getting Ready for the 'Robot Revolution' As advances in technology allow for smarter, more versatile robots, they are expected to become more widely used in places such as laboratories, hospitals and food service operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Ben Ames	Smaller Sensors Make Unmanned Vehicles Smarter Army researchers are now developing another part of FCS-an armed robotic vehicle (ARV) that uses autonomous sensors and weapons to minimize soldiers' battlefield exposure.
HBS Working Knowledge March 15, 2004 Martha Lagace	Want to Start a Business? Just Do It There's nothing in the world like starting your own business, said panelists in the "Taking the Plunge" session at the 2004 Entrepreneurship Conference at Harvard Business School.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Navy to Field a Family of Next-Generation Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy will field a family of bomb disposal robots to replace the ad hoc commercial systems being used in Iraq and Afghanistan today.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Opportunities for Non-Military Robots Increase In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices, but the Defense Department won't need all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close.
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson	DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks.
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Fool on the Street: iRobot Is Mutating The news out of iRobot's recent second-quarter earnings report was not entirely good. Thanks to a drawdown (and discounting) in inventories of domestic-servant robots -- Roombas and their ilk -- margins declined significantly.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2011 Rich Smith	iRobot Blows a Gasket It looks like iRobot shareholders have vacuumed up all the profits they're likely to get for a while.
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.
Inc. April 2006 Chuck Green	A Record Year For Robots New orders of industrial robots jumped by 23 percent in 2005, thanks in part to growing interest in robots among entrepreneurs. Larger tax credits for purchases of new equipment are driving the trend, as are other factors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2009 Courtney E. Howard	iRobis Infuses Robots with Cognition The digital battlefield of the future could be closer than we anticipated, as scientists continue to make headway in the design and development of autonomous robots.