iRobot Founder Wants to Put a Robotic Familiar Into Your Home (opens in new tab)

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,...