While devices like robot vacuums are designed to make life easier, they can also spark curiosity, fear, or even attachment in ...

The sale of bankrupt robot vacuum maker iRobot to a Chinese firm is a done deal. Or is it? Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren suggested last week that iRobot’s acquisition by Shenzhen ...

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 iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means for American innovation.

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 ...

iRobot, manufacturer of the Roomba robot vacuum, has filed for bankruptcy. This is not unexpected. In October, after negotiations with a potential buyer fell through, the company announced that, “we ...

(Yicai) Dec. 18 -- Picea Robotics plans to develop the iRobot brand in China and abroad after acquiring the bankrupt US maker of Roomba robot vacuum cleaners, an official at the Chinese contract ...

Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks warns that the vision of humanoid robots as general assistants is unrealistic due to a biological barrier: dexterity. He argues that current AI cannot learn the ...

iRobot, one of the first companies to enter the robotic home vacuum cleaner space, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The troubled company is being taken over by one of its Chinese suppliers. iRobot ...

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 ...

iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday and is pursuing a buyout from its primary manufacturer in China after the company's acquisition by Amazon was ...

The company which popularized robot vacuum cleaners around the world has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. iRobot, makers of the Roomba, has been synonymous with the category since its inception, but ...