• 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 ...

iRobot, once the company synonymous with robot vacuums, might not make it another year. For many years, iRobot was the company you thought of, when you thought of robot vacuums. It wasn’t “I have a ...

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 ...

iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) is a trailblazer in consumer robotics renowned for its Roomba vacuum cleaners and Braava mopping robots. The company is currently stuck in a web of regulatory hurdles and a ...

The Roombas in question were not commercially available — they were development robots given to testers. However, several researchers have uncovered privacy issues with robot vacuums produced by ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Amazon AMZN.O and robot vacuum maker iRobot IRBT.O said Monday they would end their plans to merge in the face of opposition from EU and U.S. antitrust regulators.

Amazon's proposed acquisition of iRobot is under significant scrutiny, especially from the European Union and the FTC. IRBT has established itself in the consumer robotics niche, with the Roomba robot ...