We'll see some of mapping and interaction innovations in the Roomba and Mint (the company's square floor cleaner, developed by Pirjanian's former outfit) over the next few years. And while iRobot's future machines will have to get taller to effectively interact with humans, don't count on them taking humanoid forms. Pirjanian stressed there are plenty of other forms they could take in our chat, and iRobot CEO Colin Angle doesn't think much of human-like robots. They'll be more R2-D2 than C-3PO.

iRobot's Ava 500 and RP-VITA video-collaboration robots give us some idea of what the company's more advanced bots could look like. They're tall, have large screens and cameras at eye-level, and they have advanced navigation capabilities. Give it some articulating arms and it could just end up being your new roommate.

Check out the full interview with Pirjanian below.