Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines & Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like, "emotionally intelligent" robot that reacts to owner's feelings (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/familiar-machines-and-magic-robot-c8711e45?st=tuWjYG&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260504/i29.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260504/p29#a260504p29" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Christopher Mims / <a href="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/familiar-machines-and-magic-robot-c8711e45?st=tuWjYG&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines &amp; Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like, &ldquo;emotionally intelligent&rdquo; robot that reacts to owner's feelings</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The inventor behind the world-famous robot vacuum is now designing robots that form an emotional bond with their owners</p>