Roomba turned the humble vacuum into a status symbol of domestic automation, a puck-shaped promise that the future would quietly tidy the living room while people were at work. Its parent company, ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec The bankruptcy of robot vacuum Roomba maker iRobot represents a relatively small but high ...

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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 ...

We'll never know how Roomba maker iRobot would have fared under Amazon leadership, as the proposed purchase fell through a few years ago after European regulators blocked the deal. What's certain is ...

The fall from grace is now legally binding: iRobot has finally filed for bankruptcy after years of tanking revenue. Current Roomba owners, who once thought that they owned the pinnacle of robot vacuum ...

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 ...