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iRobot unveils tablet-based universal control system | Gizmag


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15 October 2014



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“Having a 21st century robot doesn’t help if the control is like something designed to handle a model plane circa 1965. So iRobot has come up with something that is not only up to date, but also more intuitive, so operators can worry more about the job at hand than the robot used to complete it.”

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