iRobot Summit

A couple days ago I was lucky enough to get a chance to go to the iRobot Summit here in Boston. I was one of 9 bloggers chosen to participate in a "That's Ingenious" Challenge in which iRobot (they make the Roomba) and mom bloggers are partnering up to innovate and give back . I'm not going to tell you just yet what it was all about, but you'll all have the opportunity to contribute. I'll tell you exactly what it is after BlogHer. Hehe...i know i'm mean keeping you all in suspense.

What I will tell you, is that I had the pleasure of meeting some incredible bloggers. On Wednesday night I attended a welcoming dinner hosted by iRobot and Fleishman-Hillard. Thats where I was introduced to the other 8 fabulous ladies who will make up Team Ingenuity. Those women are Trisha from Momdot, Stacie from Divine Miss Mommy, Ali from Blissfully Domestic, Kelby from Type-A Mom, Nicole from Momfuse, Ali from Chip Chick, Niri from MommyNiri, Jo-Lynne from Musings of a Housewife, and myself of course. I also had the honor of meeting Jessica Smith and Stacey Debroff from MomCentral (she gave me a hug) *smile*.

Thursday we visited the iRobot headquarters, got a tour, a mini-makeover, photo shoot (my first ever headshots), and we learned exactly what we will be doing with iRobot. I promise you it is great stuff. So let me tell you a little about my experience with the iRobot team. iRobot is a totally fun place to work, it makes me wish I went to MIT just so I could work there. I learned so much about what iRobot does, I had no idea. Not only do they make the Roomba and other household cleaning robots but did you know that 50% of their robots are made for the military? So a majority of what iRobot does is saving soldiers lives on a daily basis. These robots go into danger zones before the soldier does to check it all out. Now as the sister and granddaughter of Marines, this really hit home with me. I actually got teary-eyed during dinner when they were explaining it. I never knew iRobot did that! They also go into classrooms and schools and show off the robots and demonstrate them for the kids as a way to promote science and math. Seriously, what kid doesn't like robots?

My personal opinion about iRobot as a company is what they do is just beyond amazing and I feel its so vital and important to our future in so many different ways. I am really impressed by what I learned about this company and am really glad I had this chance. Go iRobot!!


See...this blonde really is smart...in fact they think I'm Ingenious!

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