Roomba maker iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday and said the robotic vacuum cleaner would sell itself to a Chinese contract manufacturer. Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., which ...

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iRobot, the US company best known for creating the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, has entered bankruptcy protection after years of declining sales and intensifying competition from Chinese manufacturers ...

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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 ...

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 ...

iRobot just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following years of declining revenue. The company was acquired by Picea Robotics, a Chinese robot vacuum manufacturer. While Roomba users will still be ...