Thanks to Antitrust Officials, iRobot Will Be Acquired by a Chinese Robotics Firm Instead of Amazon

Regulators warned Amazon’s iRobot deal would hurt consumers. Instead, the Roomba maker collapsed and sold to China.
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Gary Cohen, iRobot’s CEO on selling deodorant, playing golf and going off-grid in the mountains

Named chief executive officer of iRobot back in May 2024, Gary Cohen has a 25 year history of leading successful turnarounds ...
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Top 10 robotics developments of November 2025

November 2025 started with the Robotics Startup Radar and continued with news from important players in the robotics industry.

Why You Should Remember the Roomba, Even After iRobot Is Kaput

While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.
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The Fall of iRobot: How the King of Robot Vacuums Lost Its Crown

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 ...