US robotic vacuum cleaner pioneer, maker of the Roomba.
Founders
Colin Angle(United States · ♂)— An MIT-trained roboticist from the AI Lab, Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990 and led it for decades, helping create the Roomba and practical consumer and defense robots.
Helen Greiner(United Kingdom · ♀)— A London-born MIT mechanical engineer and computer scientist inspired by R2-D2, Greiner co-founded iRobot in 1990 and co-designed the first Roomba.
Rodney Brooks(Australia · ♂)— The Australian-born director of MIT's AI Lab and a pioneer of behavior-based robotics, Brooks co-founded iRobot in 1990 to bring robots out of the lab and into the real world.
iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with a restructuring agreement under which its Chinese contract manufacturer Picea (Shenzhen PICEA Robotics and Santrum Hong Kong) will acquire 100% ownership of the company.