Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 18, 2002

Robert Duggan – Computer Motion Inc (rbot)

ROBERT W. DUGGAN has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Computer Motion, Inc., since 1990 and has been a shareholder since 1989. Mr. Duggan has been a private venture investor for more than 25 years, and has participated in fields ranging from medical equipment, computer local and wide area networks, PC hardware and software distribution, digital encryption, consumer retail goods and outdoor media communications. He also assisted in corporate planning, capital formation and management for his various investments. He is a member of the University of California, Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees, as well as the University's Engineering Steering Committee. Formerly, Mr. Duggan served as a member of the Boards of Trustees for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Symphony. Profile
TWST: Can you give us an overview and a short history of Computer

Motion, Inc.?

Mr. Duggan: We founded the company in 1989 with the intent of creating

the world's first surgical robotic