Roomba maker iRobot has filed for bankruptcy — and customers are worried that their pricey vacuums could stop working.
The 35-year-old, publicly held company will be taken over by its Chinese supplier, Shenzhen Picea Robotics, and become a privately held business, according to the Delaware bankruptcy filing on Sunday.
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The Massachusetts-based company, whose robot vacuums cost up to $US1300 ($A1956), has been struggling since a deal for Amazon to acquire it for $US1.7 billion ($A2.56b) fell apart in 2024.
Founded by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, iRobot said it will continue to…