This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. It’s been a tumultuous couple of years for the once undisputed champion of the robot vacuum ...

Right now, the iRobot Roomba 205 DustCompactor Vac robot vacuum is down to $200 on Amazon, a 20% discount from its usual $249 price. The twist? It skips the bulky dock entirely by compacting dirt ...

Robot vacuums, such as Roombas, can make housekeeping easier, and connecting them to their iRobot Home smartphone app gives you a lot of control. But you don’t need an app to start your Roomba. If ...

Roombas are handy tools for many households, especially when used with a smart device. Many Roomba robot vacuums can connect to Wi-Fi, allowing you to control them with the iRobot HOME app on your ...

Over the last few weeks, iRobot has added Matter support to more of its Roomba robot vacuums, allowing them to be integrated with the Home app and used with Siri voice commands. Matter integration has ...

The smart home niche has introduced many technologies that can help you with basic or complex household chores, and that's what iRobot has been all about. However, as much as the Roomba came to take ...

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 ...

The home-vacuum robot began, like most things, with war. In August 1990, the same month and year Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, three MIT roboticists incorporated the company that would eventually ...

Roomba once looked like the future. Its maker, iRobot, filled American homes with small but affordable robots that helped keep households clean and cats endlessly occupied. But iRobot has now filed ...