Last week's contest: Roomba maker iRobot has declared bankruptcy, leading to an outpouring of grief from robotic vacuum owners who treated the devices like pets. In seven or fewer words, come up with ...

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Over the last few weeks, iRobot has added Matter support to more of its Roomba robot vacuums, allowing them to be integrated with the Home app and used with Siri voice commands. Matter integration has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg/Reshmi Basu and Dorothy Ma) — iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over ...

iRobot just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following years of declining revenue. The company was acquired by Picea Robotics, a Chinese robot vacuum manufacturer. While Roomba users will still be ...

iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier. The ...

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File this one under "This SUCKS" news: Roomba, the company behind the famous iRobot vacuum, has officially filed for bankruptcy. Roomba's bankruptcy filing isn't meant to regroup, it's meant to say ...

Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from ...