Colin’s obsession with artificial life began in 1989 when he designed Genghis, the inspiration for the Aibo.  His first company, Artificial Creatures, Inc was later renamed iRobot. iRobot has sold over 50M robots worldwide and created the consumer robot industry.

Chris has a PhD in Computer Science from USC and has over 25 years of robotics R&D experience across academia, government, and industry. This includes a 19 year career at iRobot with 5 of those as CTO. Chris is excited to be leading a stellar R&D team at FM&M.

Ira is passionate about creating a world full of robots that make a positive impact. For the last decade, Ira has been leading product management teams developing new robotic products and developing new lines of business, at iRobot, Amazon, and venture-funded startups.

From 2003 to 2009, Herman worked at iRobot and built the first 2M early version Roombas. Later, Herman started his own company, Dragon Innovation, and helped over 50 startups build their products in Asia on time, within budget and in good quality.