The maker of Roomba robot vacuums, iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware. Once the company is done with its ...

Two decades after it ignited a market for robot vacuums in homes, iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The ...

GM has filed a trademark application for uMan Robot Assist, a name intended for use with collaborative robots and The General's industrial manufacturing.

In last month’s corporate filings, iRobot warned it could file for bankruptcy. The company owes nearly $100 million to ...

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Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company ...

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Robots have been used in manufacturing since the 1960s. What is new is the application of AI, which potentially gives robots much more powerful analytical, cognitive, and learning capabilities. AI is ...