{"529071":{"#nid":"529071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IRIM Welcomes iRobot as a New Industrial Partner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) at Georgia Tech welcomes \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.irobot.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EiRobot\u003C\/a\u003E to its Industrial Partners Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1990 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology roboticists with the vision of making practical robots a reality,\u0026nbsp;iRobot designs and builds robots that make a difference. In 2015, the company generated $617 million in revenue and employed more than 500 of the robot industry\u0027s top professionals, including mechanical, electrical and software engineers, and related support staff. iRobot stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol IRBT.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EiRobot\u0027s corporate headquarters are located in Bedford, Mass. The company also has offices in California, the United Kingdom, China, and Hong Kong.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIRIM\u2019s industry partners are well positioned to take advantage of new technologies as they are developed, and its collaborative research environment provides companies with unprecedented access to some of the world\u2019s best computer scientists and engineers. For more information about the Industrial Partners Program, please contact Associate Director of Industry\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gary.mcmurray@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGary V. McMurray\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IRIM Welcomes iRobot to its Industrial Partners Program."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2016-04-25 14:35:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:28","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"529091":{"id":"529091","type":"image","title":"Colin Angle","body":null,"created":"1461895200","gmt_created":"2016-04-29 02:00:00","changed":"1475895307","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:07","alt":"Colin Angle","file":{"fid":"206193","name":"colinangle-chairmanoftheboard2cceoandco-founder28129.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colinangle-chairmanoftheboard2cceoandco-founder28129.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colinangle-chairmanoftheboard2cceoandco-founder28129.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1303562,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/colinangle-chairmanoftheboard2cceoandco-founder28129.jpg?itok=zhEDB1hO"}}},"media_ids":["529091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.irobot.com\/","title":"iRobot"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/industry\/program","title":"Industrial Partners Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10285","name":"Industrial Partners Program"},{"id":"78281","name":"Institute for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"id":"81491","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003EIRIM Marketing Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-8551\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}