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Last month, a proud American company called iRobot filed for bankruptcy. Worse yet, the company will fall under the control of its largest creditor, a Chinese supplier. Years in the making, this ...

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 ...

Angle, who co-founded iRobot in 1990 at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, said on The New York Times' Hard Fork podcast that Chinese competitors had access to a domestic market iRobot could not ...

iRobot, the creator of Roomba, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday. If Amazon had been allowed to acquire the company in 2022, consumers likely would have enjoyed improved quality and lower prices. Now, ...

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 ...

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 15: Roomba robot vacuums made by iRobot sit in boxes on a store shelf on December 15, 2025, in Miami, Florida. iRobot has filed for bankruptcy after its failed merger with ...

iRobot, the company that brought robotic vacuum cleaners to homes and popular culture, has filed for bankruptcy. It plans to sell all assets to its primary supplier, the Chinese company Picea Robotics ...

iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Dec. 14, saying it would go private after being purchased by its Chinese manufacturer. In a news release on ...