Roomba robot vacuums face a shakeup
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November 2025 started with the Robotics Startup Radar and continued with news from important players in the robotics industry.
iRobot has just announced four new robot vacuum cleaners to its Roomba collection. The line-up marks the first time that iRobot has introduced LiDAR navigation, and it’s added rotating discs to a selection of the new models – but with news that iRobot ...
While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.
Colin Angle, one of the co-founders of Roomba maker iRobot, is raising cash for a home robotics venture. A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reveals that Angle’s new company, Familiar Machines & Magic, is trying to raise $30 million.
iRobot, once the company synonymous with robot vacuums, might not make it another year. For many years, iRobot was the company you thought of, when you thought of robot vacuums. It wasn’t “I have a robot vacuum”, no, it was “I have a Roomba ...
Roomba Max 705 Combo Provides heated mopping, 175x more suction power and first-of-its-kind cover protecting carpets from wet messes As the newest and most advanced 2-in-1 vacuum and mop within iRobot's recently introduced suite of new Roomba robots, the ...