Dec 14 (Reuters) - iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, ‌filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying ‌that it would go private after being bought by Picea Robotics, its primary ...

iRobot, a leader in consumer robots, announced today that it has filed for bankruptcy and will pass control to its Chinese supplier, Shenzhen Picea Robotics. Its product, the Roomba, was a pioneer of ...

iRobot just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following years of declining revenue. The company was acquired by Picea Robotics, a Chinese robot vacuum manufacturer. While Roomba users will still be ...

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but says it doesn't expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring ...

• iRobot says customers should not see disruptions to products or support iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying it plans ...

If there's one lesson iRobot founder Colin Angle took from the company's bankruptcy, it's never to underestimate competitors. On December 14, iRobot, maker of the popular robotic vacuum Roomba, filed ...

BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot Corporation ("iRobot" or the "Company"), a leader in consumer robots, today announced the successful completion of its previously announced ...

Few know Roomba wasn’t the original robot vacuum. The Swedish company Electrolux beat Roomba by one year when it brought the amusingly named Trilobite to market in 2001. It’s a surprise fact because ...

Angle, who co-founded iRobot in 1990 at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, said on The New York Times' Hard Fork podcast that Chinese competitors had access to a domestic market iRobot could not ...

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