iRobot transferred all of its equity to Shenzhen Picea Robotics and said it will launch a U.S. subsidiary to protect U.S. consumer data as it emerges from the chapter 11 bankruptcy process The maker ...

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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Should Roomba owners worry about their robot vacuum after iRobot's bankruptcy? Here's what the company says. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images It's been a tough few years for iRobot, maker of the ...

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The maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy Sunday after 35 years in business. An obituary might describe it as a victim of government assassination. Overzealous antitrust ...

The Roomba maker is being sold to its Chinese contract manufacturer, a move Gary Cohen says will keep the company alive and allow it to grow.

iRobot, the creator of Roomba, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. If Amazon had been allowed to acquire the company in 2022, consumers likely would have enjoyed improved quality and lower prices. Now, ...

Roomba once looked like the future. Its maker, iRobot, filled American homes with small but affordable robots that helped keep households clean and cats endlessly occupied. But iRobot has now filed ...

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MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 15: Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot sit in boxes on a store shelf on December 15, 2025, in Miami, Florida. iRobot has filed for bankruptcy after its failed merger with ...

iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Dec. 14, saying it would go private after being purchased by its Chinese manufacturer. In a news release on ...