Robot, famed for its Roomba vacuums, has filed for bankruptcy, with former CEO Colin Angle citing fierce competition from Chinese firms. He highlighted how these rivals leveraged China's domestic ...

Roomba turned the humble vacuum into a status symbol of domestic automation, a puck-shaped promise that the future would ...

Most major robot vacuum cleaners are now made by Chinese companies, with the top five brands — Roborock, Ecovacs, Dreametech, ...

Many smart vacuums rely on a constant cloud connection to work. So what happens when their companies shut down those servers?

Robot vacuums have surged from a few trusted brands to a crowded field of manufacturers racing to outdo each other with new ...

Learn what robot vacuums have to offer with this buying guide, including a checklist of options to consider as well as quality robot vacuum recommendations.

Roomba once looked like the future. Its maker, iRobot, filled American homes with small but affordable robots that helped ...

In the depths of the pandemic, I bought an iRobot Roomba j7 vacuum. At the time, it was one of the nicer models iRobot ...

So here we are: Roomba, the tech that put consumer robots on the map, now feels relatively ho-hum — one brand among many automated vacuums on the market — while the dream of an Optimus-esque bot to ...

For instance, once iRobot perfected the concept for the Roomba, it wasn’t long before the first copies burst onto the scene.

Before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, iRobot's dominance was waning and an Amazon acquisition failed. A timeline shows the ...

While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.