The company behind the Roomba automatic vacuum cleaner is filing for bankruptcy and will be taken private for restructuring. iRobot said it was under Chapter 11 protection but did not anticipate any ...

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday and will turn over its business to a pair of Chinese companies and go private, capping a years-long fall from grace. The Massachusetts-based ...

Brian Bennett is a former senior writer for the home and outdoor section at CNET. Hear that sound? That could be the new Roomba wiping the floor with its competition. iRobot's latest robotic vacuum, ...

Faced with a deluge of Chinese competitors, debt issues and the collapse of a sale to Amazon, American home robotics company iRobot is in some trouble at the moment at the corporate level, and all the ...

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You can save big today on a new Roomba. The flagship Roomba Max 705 + AutoEmpty dock, which launched in April, is available for $320 off. The robovac, which typically costs $899, is on sale for $579.

The robot vacuum cleaner used to be considered an American success story. It was developed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who set up a company called iRobot in 1990. Even ...

The dual-rubber roller brushes are back, baby. The dual-rubber roller brushes are back, baby. iRobot just launched its ninth new robot vacuum of the year. That’s a record number for the company, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Price is a major factor here, since Roomba models are often very expensive compared to similar options from rival brands. When there are big ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Just a few years ago, iRobot, best known as the maker of the Roomba, was riding high, with annual ...

iRobot, the firm behind Roomba vacuums, has issued a warning of "substantial doubt" about the future of the company. The company on Wednesday flagged "substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to ...