Operating over half a million robotic drive units and more than a dozen other robotic systems in its facilities around the world, Amazon’s eCommerce business...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun a review of the $1.7 billion takeover of robot vacuum maker iRobot by Amazon to assess whether the...
Joe Jones has become something of a household name in the last ten days because of an idea he had in 1989. Jones is the...
Today in the connected economy, Amazon pays $1.7 billion to acquire Roomba-maker iRobot, part of the company’s effort to boost its smart home offerings. Plus,...
Author Isaac Asimov coined ‘The Three Laws of Robotics’ in his 1950 novel “I, Robot’ of which none specifically addressed vacuuming, as the sci-fi visionary...
Amazon is set to acquire iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.7 billion. The completion of the...
There was not much movement in the CE100™ Index this past week. The rather muted downdraft — 30 basis points — trailed the broader indices,...
iRobot overcame COVID-related supply chain issues in China that led to $17 million in unfulfilled orders to end the second quarter of 2021 with revenue...
Along with the growing popularity of IoT devices, from fitness wearables to smart fridges, comes increased security and privacy issues. Mounting data breaches and device...