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Roomba

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22 articles stable

Roomba has appeared in 22 articles since 2015-09. Coverage peaked in 2022Q3 with 3 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside iRobot, Amazon, Alexa, Cybercab.

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22
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Acceleration
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12
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-02-01
The Verge 2 related

After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot, whose robot vacuum market share has steadily eroded since 2014, could become an also-ran as Chinese companies gain

By abandoning its deal to buy iRobot, Amazon has left the robot vacuum maker stuck under the couch. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @tess@mastodon.social . X: @gergelyorosz Forums: Hacker News and ...

2019-08-25
MIT Technology Review

Profile of Rodney Brooks, the Australian roboticist who in 1990 co-founded iRobot, which used to make robots for US army and is now popular for Roomba vacuums

The professor who got robots zipping through the world—and cleaning house—by challenging conventional wisdom in AI.

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 13 Techmeme articles mentioning Roomba, dating back to September 2015. The biggest stories include Amazon plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot in a $1.7B all-cash deal; Colin Angle will... and Roomba vacuum maker iRobot hopes to sell its users' floor plan data, seeking deals with.... Frequently covered alongside iRobot and Amazon.

Key Moments

2025Q1funding -100pts; regulation +100pts

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