The Georgia Institute of Technology was named a top school for aspiring robotics students by iRobot CEO Colin Angle. Mr. Angle stressed that there are lots of opportunities in the field of robotics, and that it takes a mix of many abilities to be successful.

"If you think about iRobot as an employer, we're not hiring strictly roboticists. Because the thing that a roboticist can do for you is think about and help design the complete system, but that makes you a generalist," Angle said. "Oftentimes, when you're trying to make a practical robot that can be thrown off buildings or be sold for low price points or whatever, you have the overall architecture, but you need real specialists in mechanical design or optimal power control or whatever that can come out of your basic master's or bachelor's or Ph.D. (program) in purely electrical engineering or computer science."

Mr. Angle named Georgia Tech in his list of top robotics programs, along with other universities such as Carnegie Mellon and MIT.

Georgia Tech is a frequent collaborator with iRobot, most known for the hugely successful Roomba vacuum robot.

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