Robot vacuum pioneer iRobot has big plans in the works. From new Roombas that clean themselves to smart vacuums that communicate with floor-mopping machines, and even robotic lawn mowers, iRobot has ...

It's frankly amazing how good vacuum cleaners are these days. Once the laughingstock of the gadget world with their dusty ...

Amazon has nixed plans to buy Roomba maker iRobot after the companies mutually determined the pending acquisition has “no path to regulatory approval in the European Union.” In a related announcement ...

Zooming in on the latest balance sheet data, we can see that iRobot had liabilities of US$332.1m due within 12 months and liabilities of US$61.1m due beyond that. Offsetting these obligations, it had ...

The tech world is about to lose another independent hardware company with Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot, whose Roombas pioneered the robot vacuum business two decades ago. The deal is valued ...

Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks warns $39B humanoid robot investments chase impossible goals while practical wheeled ...

Why does Amazon want a robot vacuum company? Spoiler: It's always about the data. Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, ...

The Genius 4.0 update brings smart-mapping capabilities to the Roomba i3 Series and new object recognition abilities to the Roomba j7 Series, among other fresh features. I'm PCMag's managing editor ...

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away ...

Perhaps no company is as synonymous with robot vacuums as iRobot. To date, the Bedford, Massachusetts-based firm has sold more than 25 million units to customers around the world, and it has an ...