Set up a robot manufacturing company-iRobot.
199 1 year: iRobot designed and developed the first robot, Genghis, for space exploration.
1996: iRobot invented a device that can detect mines on the ground and under the water.
Ariel, a robot, has a special crab-shaped foot, which can walk correctly and keep balance in the obstacle area.
1998: iRobot signed a contract with DARPA to develop a mobile strategic robot, which is the predecessor of PackBot.
September 5438+0, 2006: After the 9 1 1 attack in new york, PackBot officially went into battle for the first time, conducting a search operation in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
June 2002: PackBot went to Afghanistan to clear mines and detect enemy movements.
September 2002: In cooperation with the National Geographic Society of the United States, a robot was designed to visit the ancient pyramids in Egypt, and the process was broadcast to the whole world.
September 2002: iRobot officially opened the home robot market and introduced practical and preferential iRobot robot vacuum cleaners.
April 2004: iRobot signed a contract with the US Army to design a small automatic ground transport vehicle for the US Army's future combat systems project.
April 2004: iRobot newly launched Roomba Discovery pearl white vacuum robot series products, which have the functions of judging the degree of dirt, cleaning and automatic charging.
June 2004: 5438+00:iRobot series vacuum cleaning robots sold more than one million units.
June 2004 5438+ 10: iRobot and Deere company (famous equipment in agriculture, forestry, architecture, residence and commerce in the United States)
Manufacturers) cooperate in the research and development of iRobot John Deere R-Gator? , a multifunctional intelligent transport vehicle, weighing 1500 lbs, mainly
Used for defense around the war, it can automatically drive and load military supplies.
May 2005: iRobot released the world's first home robot (Scooba).
In 2005,165438+1October: iRobot was listed on NASDAQ with the listing code of IRBT.
May, 2006: The sales volume of iRobot family robots exceeded 2 million units.
September 2006: iRobot introduced Dirt Dog, a vacuum cleaning robot for workplaces, which is suitable for basements, garages and other areas.
June 2007 5438+ 10: iRobot launched Create for enthusiasts, students and developers interested in researching robots. Programming; arrange
Robots can transform and design personalized machines by themselves.
April 2007: iRobot released the swimming pool cleaning robot (Verro).
May 2007: PackBot robots have been widely used in the front line of war, and more than 65,438+0,000 robots have been sold worldwide.
August 2007: iRobot released 500 series vacuum cleaning robots.
September 2007: iRobot released Looj Gutter, a Gutter machine specially used for cleaning eaves, and ConnectR, a virtual interactive machine (combined with video technology, you can keep interacting with your family and friends even in a far place).
March 2008: iRobot released the robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Roomba Pet in pet series and professional series.
June 5438, 2008+10: More than 2,000 PackBot robots have been sold worldwide.
August 2009: iRobot established the SPARK (young people) educational institution. For people who are interested in robots, encourage and inspire young people's innovative ability.
20 10 In June, iRobot developed Seaglider to help detect the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
20 1 1 In March, Shenzhen Kefanda Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. was selected as its sole distributor in China, and iRobot officially entered the most potential market in the world.
20 1 1 In April, 2008, at the request of the special forces team of Japan's Self-Defense Force, iRobot dispatched four robots (Packbot 5 10 and Warrior 7 10) to help solve the accident at Dai Yi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan.
201311irobot company produced a robot that set itself on fire because it was really fed up with family chores. A citizen said that the robot seemed to turn on the switch, climbed the stove and burned itself alive.