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Sen. John Kerry Visits iRobot.


iRobot
This article is about the robot company. For other uses, see I, Robot (disambiguation).
The iRobot Corporation is a public corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT), based in Burlington, Massachusetts, that designs robots for businesses, homes, and the military.
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WHAT:   Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will meet the robots that are
        protecting U.S. troops when he visits iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) on
        Monday, March 27. While at iRobot, Kerry will also address the
        employees about what it means to have industry leader iRobot
        base its headquarters in Burlington, Mass., and discuss the
        impact of the emerging robot market on the local economy.

        Some of the robots Kerry will see include the iRobot
        PackBot(R) Tactical Mobile Robots that have been credited with
        saving scores of soldiers lives, the latest iRobot Scooba(TM)
        Floor Washing Robot and REDOWL, a sniper detection payload
        prototype developed in conjunction with The Photonics Center
        at Boston University.

        iRobot is a provider of behavior based robots. Currently, more
        than 300 iRobot PackBot robots are helping protect U.S. troops
        in Iraq and Afghanistan and more than 1.5 million iRobot
        Roomba(R) Vacuuming Robots have been sold since its
        introduction in 2002.

WHEN:   Monday, March 27, 2006 -- 2:15 p.m. ET

WHERE:  iRobot Corp.
        63 South Avenue
        Burlington, Mass.
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