Profiles in Innovation Speakers Series invited entrepreneurs from a variety of fields to speak with the Northeastern community in an intimate setting. Hosted by President Joseph E. Aoun, this series was one of the most popular in recent memory with thousands of views on YouTube by students and members of the general public.

Colin Angle and his team transformed the robot from factory drone to a member of the family—domestic and military—with the award-winning Roomba floor-vacuuming robot and the PackBot search and bomb-disposal robot. During this engaging interview, Colin Angle and President Aoun discussed the challenges of entrepreneurship, the possibilities for the next generation of robots, and whether there could someday be a rise of the machines.