Roomba pioneer aims to crack the household market again with an AI-powered pet robot
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Colin Angle, longtime CEO of Roomba, unveils a four-legged prototype of artificial pet Daphne, called a Familiar, at The WSJ Future of Everything, in New York, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Familiar, an AI pet robot, interacts during a demonstration at the Massachusetts-based startup Familiar Machines & Magic, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Woburn, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Colin Angle, co-founder and former CEO of Roomba vacuum maker, poses with Familiar, a prototype AI pet robot, at his Massachusetts-based startup Familiar Machines & Magic, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Woburn, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Colin Angle, co-founder and former CEO of Roomba vacuum maker, interacts with a prototype AI robot at his Massachusetts-based startup Familiar Machines & Magic, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Woburn, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)Colin Angle, longtime CEO of Roomba, unveils a four-legged prototype of artificial pets Winston, left, and Daphne, called Familiars, at The WSJ Future of Everything, in New York, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Colin Angle, longtime CEO of Roomba, unveils a four-legged prototype of artificial pet Daphne, called a Familiar, at The WSJ Future of Everything, in New York, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)