When I caught up with iRobot's current CEO Gary Cohen after news of the deal broke, he told me that would not be happening. "We protect the data. The data is staying on our servers in the US. Our ...

Editor's Note, August 8, 2022: Back in 2017, we conducted an exclusive interview with iRobot's CEO Colin Angle about Roomba privacy issues. Last week, Amazon announced its acquisition of iRobot, which ...

Robot filed for bankruptcy and will be bought by Chinese manufacturer after Amazon's $1.4 billion acquisition was blocked by the FTC on antitrust grounds last year.

The iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means ...

The Bedford-based robotics company and Picea, iRobot’s main supplier, announced that iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, to help clear up its debt in preparation for a sale.

Colin Angle, the CEO and founder of iRobot, believes that tech giants have botched the smart home. Systems like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, and Samsung SmartThings all boast ...

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The robots are getting smarter. Two years after releasing iRobot Genius Home Intelligence, an AI-powered platform for its robot vacuums and mops, iRobot has announced its new software platform: iRobot ...