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Roomba pioneer aims to crack the household market again with an AI-powered pet robot

The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around your home and adapts to your daily habits

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'This is the robot I wanted to build forever': former iRobot chief on his extraordinary 'Familiar' AI companion

'This is the robot I wanted to build forever': former iRobot chief on his extraordinary 'Familiar' AI companion

Former Roomba maker Colin Angle returns to the robot game and talks to us about his new "Familiar", a robot that looks like but is not a bear.

‘It’s a cage match’: Beleaguered iRobot founder says the biggest reason why the Roomba-maker failed was because of growing Chinese competition

‘It’s a cage match’: Beleaguered iRobot founder says the biggest reason why the Roomba-maker failed was because of growing Chinese competition

“The marketplace was not a level playing field,” Colin Angle said, noting China has incentives and discounts for consumers who buy domestic products.

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iRobot's in trouble and I hope we don't lose Roomba, the original and arguably best robot vacuum

iRobot's financial struggles arrive just as people are finally writing the Roomba's incredible history.

'We face high risk and extremely low chances of success' notes humanoid robot company Figure AI that just got millions from Bezos, OpenAI, and Nvidia

Figure AI wants to build a multi-purpose, humanoid home robot but faces huge hurdles and an incredibly crowded field

Amazon drops $1.4 billion deal with iRobot amid EU resistance, spurring layoffs

Amazon and iRobot announce a "mutual" termination of the former's $1.4 billion deal to acquire the Roomba maker.

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Amazon's iRobot takeover bites the dust – here's what it means for Roomba vacuums

Amazon's bid to buy robot vacuum giant iRobot has collapsed from EU regulator pressure – here's what that means.

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Amazon agrees to buy Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn

Amazon agrees to buy Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn

Acquisition part of Amazon’s bid to accelerate its growth beyond retail, but concerns raised about market power of Bezos firm

The Guardian - US

Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion

Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion

iRobot is most famous for the circular-shaped Roomba vacuum, which would join voice assistant Alexa and Ring security cameras among smart home features offered by Amazon.

Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B

Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B

Amazon on Friday announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the vacuum cleaner maker iRobot for approximately $1.7 billion

The Independent UK

Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?

Vac to the future! Can robot mops and self-cleaning windows get us out of housework for ever?

I despise chores – so I jumped at the chance to test the latest hi-tech solutions (and simple hacks) that promise to keep domestic drudgery to a minimum

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