Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Roomba Maker IRobot to Merge with 2 Chinese Companies

Picea Robotics and its partner entered into a buyout deal with Roomba producer iRobot via court-supervised bankruptcy proceedings.

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iRobot's collapse marks the end of an era. Co-founder Colin Angle calls it a blow for robotics. Read more from @jp2e.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/tech/844964/ ...

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-- The Verge (@theverge.com) Dec 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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... "By combining iRobot's innovation, consumer-driven design, and R&D with Picea's history of innovation, manufacturing and technical expertise, we believe iRobot will be well equipped to shape the next era of smart home robotics," Cohen added in a statement. ...

Cohen stated iRobot's work will continue to advance "the industry-leading Roomba robots and smart home technologies that have defined the iRobot brand for more than three decades." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-15 02:26 PM

A Chinese robot having access to all parts of your house?

What could possibly go wrong?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-15 02:27 PM

Roomba's create detailed maps of the interior of users homes that are uploaded to iRobot. www.zmescience.com

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-12-15 05:08 PM

Great. Now your house needs to be cleaned again one hour later.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-17 05:26 PM

Great. Now your house needs to be cleaned again one hour later.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-17 05:26 PM

It's all about the data. We seriously need to start blocking these Chinese corporate takeovers. iRobot is a US based company. I get they are in bankruptcy but this is a serious problem.

#6 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-12-17 05:38 PM

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