What’s a Wizard of Oz Prototype? iRobot’s CTO Explains

iRobot Chief Technology Officer Chris Jones discusses how the company keeps tabs on important technologies emerging from academia and the startup world — and the role that “minimum viable products” play, even if they’re controlled by a Wizard of Oz in the next room.

By Alex Slawsby · December 29, 2021 · 1 min read

How do you keep improving on the world’s most successful robot sold to consumers? As the makers of the Roomba robotic vaccuum — more than 35 million of which have been sold — iRobot knows it can’t rest on its laurels. Since the Roomba was first introduced in 2002, other players…

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