All the stories tagged with: irobot
Cocorobo; Sharp’s Talking Vacuum Cleaner Has Different Moods
05/08/2012, Sharp has made a vacuum cleaner that roams about a room going about its business and once it is done it settles into its little charging dock to regain its energy. The Cocorobo which looks very much like the Roomba [...]
iRobot Scooba 390 keeps your floors clean
03/15/2012, If you’re looking for a robot to keep the floor of your house clean, iRobot’s latest creation – the Scooba 390 should be right up your alley. While it may feature a design similar to the Scooba 230, it is [...]
iRobot 110 FirstLook to enter military service
03/06/2012, When it comes to war, man and machine will work in tandem in order to achieve victory across all fronts, no matter the cost. Of course, this is the rallying cry of this day and age, but in earlier years [...]
iRobot Warrior to go on sale this year
02/08/2012, If for some reason you need a remote-controlled robot to do your bidding – be it exploring radioactive areas or setting up instant barricades, iRobot’s Warrior 710 should fit the bill. Going on sale later this year, this robot is [...]
iRobot 110 FirstLook: a small robot spy on wheels
04/05/2011, iRobot, creators of many functional and useful robots have just unveiled pre-production prototypes of their upcoming robot – the iRobot 110 FirstLook. Designed to jump right into action, the iRobot 110 FirstLook is built to serve the military and law [...]
iRobots to go where no humans can go in Japan
03/18/2011, iRobot, the robot manufacturer from Bedford, Massachusetts; is sending out a team of four robots into Japan today to help deal with the nuclear crisis that’s currently affecting the country due to the earthquake and tsunami events that took place [...]
DIY your own telepresence robot for $500
02/12/2011, We’d all love to have our own personal robot avatar to buy scones for us, but our bank account doesn’t seem in favor of that. If you’re in the same boat but have some fancy DIY skills, you could solve [...]
iRobot introduces the Scooba 230 and Roomba 700 series
01/03/2011, If you think that iRobot offers you the perfect tools to keep your house clean, you’ll be happy to hear that the company is back again with its Scooba 230, a nice little robot cleaner that maintains the same 3.5-inch [...]
iRobot Corporation patents intelligent navigation system for Roombas
09/30/2010, The Roomba was deemed to be a whole lot more intelligent compared to a “dumb” vacuum cleaner that required human hands to lead the machine along the floor of your home, sucking up evil dust bunnies in the process. Well, [...]
iRobot takes aim at Apple iPad
05/04/2010, The Apple iPad has certainly been a success in its own right, and has fast fallen under the net of clone manufacturers for good reason – after all, why not ride on the popularity of a device that has sold [...]
Here comes Neato XV-11, the Roomba killer
12/16/2009, There’s a new vacuum robot in Silicon Valley: Neato has officially launched and it aims at grabbing the top spot from Roomba, the current champion in the robotic vacuum category. To take on Roomba, Neato is said to solve old [...]
iRobot demonstrates soft, deformable Robot concept
10/13/2009, A presentation from iRobot shows a primitive, but working, concept of soft and deformable robot. The deformable shell not only allows the robot to change shape and size, but it can also be used as a “muscle” to initiate motion. [...]
iRobot Patents a Corner-Friendly Roomba
05/26/2009, We’ve been using a Roomba and a Scooba in the office for some time and it’s true that they are having a hard-time with corners. Fortunately, there are few corners and they are quite small in surface. However, iRobot‘s engineers [...]
