iRobot Roomba goes bankrupt
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While iRobot is selling itself off as scrap, let's remember what actually makes a good robovac.
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The Roomba is dead, and I'm super sad about it
I knew it was coming, but I didn't realize it would hurt this bad. After 35 years, iRobot, the creator of the Roomba -- which is basically the Klenex of robot vacuums -- has filed for bankruptcy protection.
The original Roomba was the first robot vacuum in the US, and the second ever made, following Electrolux’s Trilobite the year prior. A basic bump-and-roll bot with bump and cliff sensors, the Roomba rolled randomly around your home, sucking up dirt, bumping from wall to wall, and generally trying not to fall down stairs.