Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company ...

iRobot has filed for bankruptcy and may be taken over by its primary supplier

iRobot, which brought robotic vacuum cleaners to the masses with its iconic Roomba models, has filed for Chapter 11 ...

iRobot stock crashes over 80% after company files for bankruptcy - What investors must know

iRobot stock tanks after company files for bankruptcy: Roomba maker iRobot sought Chapter 11 protection as debt, Chinese ...

Robot vacuum pioneer goes bust after China competition heats up — will yours still work?

For years, Roomba was shorthand for robot vacuum cleaners. Now, the company behind it is fighting to survive. iRobot, the ...
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Has the Roomba experiment finally failed?

The simplest explanation for why the Roomba has struggled so much in recent years is an inability to compete with cheaper Chinese alternatives that are rushing out of factories. In recent years, ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Achieves World's First Mechanism for Elucidating Ozone Oxidation Enhanced with Negative Ions

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that in collaboration with Professor Toshiaki Kamachi and colleagues from the School of Life Science and Technology at Institute of ...