A lack of innovation, tough competitors, and an ill-fated lifeline from Amazon humbled the Bedford-based tech legend.

iRobot, the maker of the Roomba, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after financial struggles. A failed $1.4 billion Amazon acquisition contributed to iRobot's financial woes. Here's how the pioneering ...

Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...

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 ...

While investors are busy pouring billions of dollars into humanoid robots, an MIT roboticist who has been making robots for three decades claims they are wasting their money. Rodney Brooks, the ...

• iRobot says customers should not see disruptions to products or support iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying it plans ...

iRobot, once the company synonymous with robot vacuums, might not make it another year. For many years, iRobot was the company you thought of, when you thought of robot vacuums. It wasn’t “I have a ...

iRobot has had some tough times over the past few years. And after Amazon had to pull out of acquiring the company, iRobot has been looking for a new buyer, with little luck. Now, iRobot has sold some ...

iRobot’s stock (IRBT) has delivered one of the most dramatic and confusing moves in the market in recent weeks. Shares of the Roomba maker staged a stunning rally in early December, surging several ...

Rodney Brooks was a pioneer in robot tech. Here's his annual debunking of high-tech hype.

This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos spoke with Colin Angle, the founder and former CEO of iRobot. From his living room into a household name, Angle spent 30 years turning iRobot into one ...