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IRobot

iRobot Corporation is an American technology company that designs and builds consumer robots. It was founded in 1990 by three members of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, who designed robots for space exploration and military defense. The company's products include a range of autonomous home vacuum cleaners (Roomba), floor moppers (Braava), and other…

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Founded
1990; 36 years ago (1990), Delaware, U.S.
Founders
Rodney Brooks · Colin Angle · Helen Greiner
Industry
Robotics
Headquarters
Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Fate
Bankruptcy, acquisition by Shenzhen Picea Robotics December 2025
Key people
Andrew Miller (chairman) · Gary Cohen (CEO) · Julie Zeiler (CFO)

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IRobot

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples104
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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IRobot

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related to history · 17
IRobot → August, California, Colin Angle, Helen Greiner, In, Inc, Industry, International Trade, IS Robotics, IS Robotics Corporation, Japan's Ministry, June, Massachusetts, Micromachine Center, MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, MITI, Rodney Brooks
related to Attempted acquisition by Amazon (2022–2024) · 15
IRobot → Amazon, Amazon's, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, In July, In June, In September, July, Markets Authority, On August, RVCs, The, The European Commission, UK's Competition, US
related to External links · 8
IRobot → Corporation, GoogleReutersSEC, Joe Dyer, Mark HarrisNew York Times, May, Official, SUGVBusiness, The Sunday Times
related to Training data on Facebook · 8
IRobot → Discord, Facebook, Images, Roomba J7, Scale AI, Some, Venezuela, Workers
related to Military and policing robots · 6
IRobot → Defense, Endeavor Robotics, In April, Security, Teledyne FLIR, This
related to Bankruptcy · 5
IRobot → Chapter, On December, Roombas, Santrum Hong Kong, Shenzhen Picea Robotics
related to Unregulated use of reserved frequency · 5
IRobot → FCC, GHz, MHz, The, This
Founders · 3
IRobot → Colin Angle, Helen Greiner, Rodney Brooks
Key people · 3
IRobot → Andrew Miller (chairman), Gary Cohen (CEO), Julie Zeiler (CFO)
Products · 2
IRobot → Domestic robots, Military robots (until 2016)

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IRobotFateBankruptcy, acquisition by Shenzhen Picea Robotics December 20251.00infobox
IRobotFounded1990; 36 years ago (1990), Delaware, U.S.1.00infobox
IRobotFoundersRodney Brooks1.00infobox
IRobotFoundersColin Angle1.00infobox
IRobotFoundersHelen Greiner1.00infobox
IRobotHeadquartersBedford, Massachusetts, U.S.1.00infobox
IRobotIndustryRobotics1.00infobox
IRobotKey peopleAndrew Miller (chairman)1.00infobox
IRobotKey peopleGary Cohen (CEO)1.00infobox
IRobotKey peopleJulie Zeiler (CFO)1.00infobox
IRobotNet incomeUS$−305 million (2023)1.00infobox
IRobotNumber of employees1,113 (December 2023)1.00infobox
IRobotOperating incomeUS$−264 million (2023)1.00infobox
IRobotProductsDomestic robots1.00infobox
IRobotProductsMilitary robots (until 2016)1.00infobox
IRobotRevenueUS$891 million (2023)1.00infobox
IRobotTotal assetsUS$734 million (2023)1.00infobox
IRobotTotal equityUS$196 million (2023)1.00infobox
IRobotTraded asNasdaq: IRBT1.00infobox
IRobotTypePrivate1.00infobox
IRobotWebsiteirobot.com1.00infobox

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