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 ...

Journal Editorial Report: Tech companies and U.S. lawmakers are watching. The maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy Sunday after 35 years in business. An obituary might ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The 35-year-old, publicly held company will be taken over by its Chinese supplier, Shenzhen Picea Robotics, and become a privately held business, according to the Delaware bankruptcy filing on Sunday.

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 ...

For over two decades, iRobot’s Roomba was a symbol of futuristic living, a small robot quietly cleaning homes. This redefined what consumer robotics could be. Founded by scientists from the ...

iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after 35 years of manufacturing robot vacuum cleaners and mops. iRobot has been bought by Picea Robotics and there should be no immediate disruption for ...

iRobot officially started the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process this week. It expects the proceedings to be finished by February 2026. While we still don’t know exactly what the future holds for iRobot, ...