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Article: Robots! More robots! And they're in your house! Pasadena firm marks milestone of 2 million sold.(TECHNOLOGY)(Evolution Robotics Inc. )
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 4, 2007
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Robots of the future will look nothing like R2D2 in Star Wars, but resemble computer chips embedded in everyday appliances, such as vacuum cleaners and cell phones, if companies like Evolution Robotics Inc. have anything to do about it.
"Robot applications are not going to look robotic. They will look more like appliances," said Paolo Pirjanian, the company's chief executive.
The Pasadena-based company produces vision-based robotic technology. With it, you can point your cell phone at a movie poster, take a picture, and the technology will go out to the Web and download the movie's trailer to your phone.
That vision-based search engine has been ...