Robot filed for bankruptcy and will be bought by Chinese manufacturer after Amazon's $1.4 billion acquisition was blocked by the FTC on antitrust grounds last year.

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

Named chief executive officer of iRobot back in May 2024, Gary Cohen has a 25 year history of leading successful turnarounds – good news for the robot vac company! Previous roles were at Qualitor Automotive, Timex, Energizer and Gillette. In this interview he talks to us about making iRobot swim, his love of tech and being a Boston boy.

While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.

iRobot has just announced four new robot vacuum cleaners to its Roomba collection. The line-up marks the first time that iRobot has introduced LiDAR navigation, and it’s added rotating discs to a selection of the new models – but with news that iRobot ...

Roomba Max 705 Combo Provides heated mopping, 175x more suction power and first-of-its-kind cover protecting carpets from wet messes As the newest and most advanced 2-in-1 vacuum and mop within iRobot's recently introduced suite of new Roomba robots, the ...

Welcome to T3's review of the new iRobot Roomba Combo J9+, a robot vacuum cleaner that also mops the floor using replaceable mops fitted to an auto-retracting mopping mechanism that raises whenever the robot’s camera and sensors detect carpet or rugs.