Besides celebrating the vac-bot's tenth birthday today, iRobot announced that it's buying Evolution Robotics, whose sleek, four-sided Mint droid cleans hard surfaces with disposable cloths. The $74 ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held ...

iRobot, creator of the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, has acquired rival firm Evolution Robotics for $74 million. Evolution is known for its Mint hard floor-cleaning robot, a category iRobot recently ...

(Ironically, iRobot has a celestial navigation patent, but the Roomba doesn’t use it.) The Mint also lacks a docking station, which means that it can’t start up and charge itself; you’ve got to set it ...

Home-cleaning robot manufacturer iRobot announced today that it has acquired one of its key competitors, Evolution Robotics, for $74 million. Evolution Robotics is the maker of the Mint floor cleaning ...

It's the 21st century, and robots are supposed to be doing everything for us now. As with personal jet packs, that hasn't happened. But Evolution Robotics' Mint is one of a number of floor-cleaning ...

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced the release of the iRobot Braava Floor Mopping Robot. iRobot is launching two models, Braava 320 ...

Robotics manufacture iRobot, which manufactures cleaning robots such as the Roomba, Looj and Scooba, announced today that it has acquired Evolution Robotics, which manufactures the Mint cleaning robot ...

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iRobot Corp. (NAS: IRBT) , a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held ...

Bedford’s iRobot Corp. said today it will acquire another maker of floor-cleaning robots for $74 million. Privately held Evolution Robotics Inc., based in Pasadena, Calif., launched its Mint robot in ...

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced the release of the iRobot Braava Floor Mopping Robot. iRobot is launching two models, Braava 320 ...