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iRobot Roomba 770 Vacuum Cleaning Robot pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON Cleaning time 21 November 2011 10:31 GMT TweetThe iRobot Roomba 770 vacuum cleaning robot promises to clean your carpets without you having to lift a finger, but is it really that easy?
Well, Pocket-lint has spent some quality time with the automated machine and can confirm that it sure...
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iRobot CEO tells us why "robots should not have legs"
INTERVIEW: Colin Angle, CEO iRobot 19 October 2010 14:05 GMT TweetTo many the word "robot" conjures up images of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator, Honda's Asimo, Will Smith's friend iRobot from the movie, and maybe Marvin the depressed robot from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. However, for Colin Angle, CEO of...
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iRobot's robots of tomorrow
We pull back the curtain to see what the company is developing for tomorrow's world 18 October 2010 11:42 GMT TweetYou might know iRobot, who've been making robots for the last 20 years, as the chaps behind the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner. However, the company has a large research and development department that not only works on the next evolution of home products,...
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iRobot offers to clean up Downing Street
Robot vacuum cleaner company happy to give the new PM a hand 12 May 2010 15:38 GMT TweetRobotic vacuum cleaner manufacturer, iRobot, has sent an open letter to the new Prime Minister offering to clean up Gordon Brown's mess at 10 Downing Street. The company is happy to give David Cameron a Roomba automated cleaner to help him settle in.
There's...
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iRobot reaches robo-milestone
Shifts 5 million Roombas 5 January 2010 16:31 GMT TweetiRobot has announced that it has achieved what it calls "an industry milestone in the home robot market". That milestone is shifting over 5 million units of home robot range. The company, which was founded 20 years ago, launched its iRobot Roomba Vacuum...
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iRobot Roomba 500 series announced for Europe
Four new vacuum cleaning robots coming in October 27 August 2009 10:38 GMT TweetThe iRobot Roomba 500 series vacuum cleaning robots have been announced for a European launch from October 2009.
The iRobot Roomba 500 series range comprises of four vacuum cleaning robots - the 520, 555, 563 and 581 - and will be priced... -
iRobot invents a Wall-E who can clean
The Roomba gets a Pixar makeover 13 November 2008 17:02 GMT TweetIf your sprogs are massive Wall-E fans, but they refuse to clean up after themselves, you can buy yourself a limited edition Roomba 530 robot.
The cleaning machine is a result of a collaboration between iRobot and Disney/Pixar, and has special... -
Singer serenades his Roomba
Who would have thought cleaning could make anyone so happy 8 October 2008 14:08 GMT TweetIt's a catchy tune but surely must go down in music history as one of the only serenades to a vacuum cleaner.
OK so it's a high tech robo-vacuum cleaner, the Roomba, but still??? -
iRobot launches new and improved Roomba vacuum-cleaning bots
Move over Rosie 22 August 2007 16:09 GMT TweetCalling them their smartest, most powerful and efficient vacuuming robots yet, iRobot has launched a new series of Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robots.
The new Roomba 500 series has been 100% improved following five year's worth of customer feedback... -
Vacuum cleaning robot gets military makeover
Hopes to clean up the bad guys 24 April 2007 11:56 GMT TweetThe company behind the Roomba vacuum cleaner has announced it is to work with Boeing in creating a new military reconnaissance robot for the US army.
Hoping to clean up the bad guys [see what we've done there - Ed] the two companies have...