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 ...

iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after 35 years of manufacturing robot vacuum cleaners and mops. iRobot has been bought by Picea Robotics and there should be no immediate disruption for ...

NEW YORK - Roomba vacuum cleaner’s maker, iRobot, said on Dec 14 that it had filed for bankruptcy protection as it grapples with increased competition from lower-priced rivals and US tariffs. The ...

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 Corporation, the US technology company responsible for the hugely popular Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, has initiated a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. The firm announced the filing ...

iRobot is seeking bankruptcy protection, with plans to be purchased by its primary manufacturer. The company has been seeing steep losses, higher costs, and lower revenue due to the Trump ...

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We'll never know how Roomba maker iRobot would have fared under Amazon leadership, as the proposed purchase fell through a few years ago after European regulators blocked the deal. What's certain is ...

The manufacturer of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner, iRobot, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, succumbing to intense pressure from more affordable competitors. The move is part ...

[NEW YORK] iRobot filed for bankruptcy after reaching a restructuring support agreement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen Picea Robotics, its main supplier and lender, and ...

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 ...