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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 ...

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 ...

The smart home niche has introduced many technologies that can help you with basic or complex household chores, and that's what iRobot has been all about. However, as much as the Roomba came to take ...

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Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...

Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The world’s biggest robot vacuum cleaner maker is betting on artificial intelligence to transform the market ...

Venice is beautiful and historic, it used to be much more. For centuries it was the heart of trade in Europe and really the known world, at least for Europeans. This was powered by the Venice Arsenal, ...

Chinese robotics manufacturers are set to cement their dominance in the global smart vacuum market with Picea Robotics’ acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot, after the US firm’s proposed sale to ...

If you had floors and a desire to clean them then there is no doubt you will have heard of the Roomba. The AI-powered vacuum cleaner that scooted around your house, avoiding the furniture and scaring ...

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 ...