Amazon will scrap its planned $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba-maker iRobot after the European Commission said the deal would restrict competition in robot vacuums. The companies said they abandoned ...

Since its inception, iRobot has epitomized the synergy between groundbreaking technology and practical innovation. Over three and a half decades, the company has not only revolutionized consumer ...

The intersections of innovation, policy, and valuation form the backbone of a company’s trajectory in dynamic markets. In light of the recent surge in robotics-related initiatives from the White House ...

There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney ...

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 ...

Connor is a technology writer and editor, with a byline on multiple platforms. He has been writing for around nine years now across the web and in print too. Connor has attended the biggest tech expos ...

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away from any full-size walking robot, you should probably listen. “My advice to ...