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What’s next for iRobot?

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The Robot Report Podcast · What’s next for iRobot? In this episode, Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre discuss the termination of Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot. billion after iRobot acquired new debt, and it laid off 10% of its staff , or about 140 employees in August 2022.

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iRobot terminates deal with Amazon, laying off 31% of staff

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An edited image showing an iRobot Roomba with Amazon branding. Source: iRobot, Amazon iRobot Corp. “We’re disappointed that Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot could not proceed,” said David Zapolsky , senior vice president and general counsel at Amazon, in a release. billion in cash.

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Meet the RoboBusiness 2024 keynote speakers

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The future of automation depends on next-level collaboration between humans and machines. He previously co-founded iRobot and Rethink Robotics. It will discuss what is working well, what isn’t working well and what has to improve to move the industry forward. We can do better.

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ABB Robotics previews innovation drivers to be discussed at RoboBusiness

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will be among the panelists discussing the future of robotics innovation at RoboBusiness in California next week. Bubnikovich offers advice for robotics startups What’s the biggest trend in robotics at the moment? What advice do you have for ensuring product-market fit, especially in a tight and competitive market?

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8 noteworthy robotics acquisitions of 2023

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Amazon announced in August 2022 its intent to acquire iRobot for $1.7 The European Commission’s concerns with the merger center around Amazon’s ability to throttle iRobots’ competition in its online marketplace. And then we will apply that cognition to the next area of growth.” A final decision on the deal is expected by Feb.

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MassRobotics resident startups have raised over $1B in seven years

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Here, there was already a thriving community, thanks to Amazon Robotics, iRobot, and good universities graduating people who were more conservative about job hopping.” Numerous attendees met MassRobotics startups and partners at RoboSource earlier this month. million in 2021. Watertown, Mass.-based Boston-based Activ Surgical Inc.

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Mobile Robotics – Increasing Flexibility Enables Increasing Efficiency in Logistics

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Some noteworthy recent examples include the acquisition of Robotnik by United Robotics Group, Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot, and the merger of Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR, a Teradyne company) with AutoGuide Mobile Robots. mobile picking, intralogistics, material handling, etc.) from 2015 to 2022.