Jan 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a Chinese manufacturer's bid to acquire Roomba maker iRobot, although the sale still requires clearance from other U.S. regulators. The ...

Users on Reddit report that the latest Roomba firmware update expands compatibility with the Matter smart home protocol, which in practice also enables HomeKit compatibility via Apple’s Home app on ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec The bankruptcy of robot vacuum Roomba maker iRobot represents a relatively small but high ...

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Few know Roomba wasn’t the original robot vacuum. The Swedish company Electrolux beat Roomba by one year when it brought the amusingly named Trilobite to market in 2001. It’s a surprise fact because ...

iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Dec. 14, saying it would go private after being purchased by its Chinese manufacturer. In a news release on ...

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The U.S. company that put robot vacuums into American homes has hit the skids. The maker of Roomba, called iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy about two years after its failed merger with Amazon. The ...

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a ...

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for bankruptcy — and customers are worried that their pricey vacuums could stop working. The 35-year-old, publicly held company will be taken over by its Chinese supplier ...

(Bloomberg/Reshmi Basu and Dorothy Ma) — iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over ...

iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier. The ...