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iRobot’s Autowash Dock Is (Almost) Automated Floor Care

July 23, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The dream of robotic floor care has always been for it to be hands-off and mind-off. That is, for a robot to live in your house that will keep your floors clean without you having to really do anything or even think about it. When it comes to robot vacuuming,…

05 Apr 24

Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.RoboCup German Open: 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANYAUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024: 22–25…

30 Jan 24

Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot Falls Through

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Citing “no path to regulatory approval in the European Union,” Amazon and iRobot have announced the termination of an acquisition deal first announced in August of 2022 that would have made iRobot a part of Amazon and valued the robotics company at US $1.4 billion.The European Commission released a statement…

26 Oct 23

Roombas at the End of the World

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a permanent scientific research base located at what is arguably the most isolated place on Earth. During the austral summer, the station is home to about 150 scientists and support staff, but during the austral winter, that number shrinks to just 40 or so, and…

02 Oct 23

Creating Domestic Robots That Really Help

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Episode 2: How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a new podcast from IEEE Spectrum where robotics experts interview each other about things that they find fascinating. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be talking with Mike Dooley…

11 Sep 23

Newest Roomba Aims for Convenience

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Today, iRobot is announcing the newest, fanciest, and most expensive Roomba yet. The Roomba Combo j9+ trades a dock for what can only be described as a small indoor robot garage, which includes a robot-emptying vacuum system that can hold two months of dry debris along with a water reservoir…

06 Sep 23

Clearpath Robotics Acquired by Rockwell Automation

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Yesterday, Clearpath Robotics of Kitchener, Ontario in Canada (and Clearpath’s mobile logistics robot division OTTO Motors) announced that it was being acquired by the Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation for an undisclosed amount.The press release (which comes from Rockwell, not Clearpath) is focused exclusively on robotics for industrial applications. That is, on…

23 Nov 22

Robot Gift Guide 2022

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

It’s been a couple of years, but the IEEE Spectrum Robot Gift Guide is back for 2022! We’ve got all kinds of new robots, and right now is an excellent time to buy one (or a dozen), since many of them are on sale this week. We’ve tried to focus…

iRobot’s Autowash Dock Is (Almost) Automated Floor Care

Video Friday: LASSIE On the Moon

Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot Falls Through

Roombas at the End of the World

Creating Domestic Robots That Really Help

Newest Roomba Aims for Convenience

Clearpath Robotics Acquired by Rockwell Automation

Robot Gift Guide 2022

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