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Colin Angle (born 1967) is an American businessman and is the co-founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of iRobot Corporation, maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot and the PackBot military robot. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and a Master of Science in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.〔("Unshackling Robots: Hackers Leave Mark" ), ''Boca Raton News''.〕 He appeared in the film ''21'', which starred Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth.〔(Profile ), imdb.com; accessed May 7, 2014.〕 In iRobot's early days, Angle and his team designed the behavior-controlled rovers for NASA that led to the ''Sojourner'' exploring Mars in 1997.〔''Flesh and machines: how robots will change us'' by Rodney Allen Brooks, page 61 (2003) ISBN 978-0-375-72527-2〕 Angle’s team won the NASA Group Achievement Award for its accomplishments, and his name is inscribed inside the case of ''Spirit'', the Mars exploration rover on display at NASA. Before co-founding iRobot in 1990, Angle was president of Artificial Creatures Inc. Earlier in his career, Angle worked at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,〔("Microbot Insects to Avoid Mars Research" ), ''Gainesville Sun''.〕 where he first teamed with iRobot co-founders Helen Greiner and Rodney Brooks. Angle’s master thesis at MIT produced Genghis, a six-legged autonomous walking robot〔 that has been displayed at the Smithsonian National Air and Science Museum in Washington, D.C. Angle has won numerous awards. He currently sits on the board of directors of Axon Labs, Inc. and is active on the Robotics and Intelligent Machines advisory board. ==Personal life== He has one daughter, Darcy Angle, born in 2002, who is a pre-professional ballerina at one of the most prestigious ballet academies, Koltun Ballet Academy. In 2010 Angle married Erika Ebbel, an MIT graduate and biochemistry Ph.D and former Miss America she also has her own TV show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Angle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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