Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It would come as a surprise to more people than you think that "roomba" isn't the universal term for a robot vacuum. It is, in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It goes without saying that iRobot is one of the biggest names in the robot vacuum market. So many of the company's Roomba robot vacuums have ...

The iRobot Roomba Plus 405 is a combination mopping-and-vacuuming robot with a self-emptying, self-washing dock. It’s positioned as a midrange model for consumers who want an all-in-one robot vacuum ...

iRobot led the Japanese robotic vacuum cleaner market with a 62% share in 2025, roughly 50 percentage points ahead of second-place Chinese company Ecovacs Robotics, according to Euromonitor. But ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Just a few years ago, iRobot, best known as the maker of the Roomba, was riding high, with annual ...

Robot has revealed the creation of a new US-controlled iRobot Safe spin-off to steward ownership of Roomba user data.