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{{Short description|American technology company that produces consumer robots}}
{{About|the robot company|other uses|I, Robot (disambiguation)}}
{{lowercase|title=iRobot}}
{{Infobox company
| name = iRobot Corporation
| logo = IRobot Green logo.png
| image = Irobotheadquarters.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|IRBT}}
| industry = [[Robotics]]
| founders = {{ubl|class=nowrap
 | [[Rodney Brooks]]
 | Colin Angle
 | [[Helen Greiner]] }}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1990}}, [[Delaware]], U.S.
| location = [[Bedford, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| products = {{ubl|[[Domestic robot]]s|[[Military robot]]s (until 2016)}}
| services = 
| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap
 | Andrew Miller ([[chairman]])
 | Gary Cohen ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
 | Julie Zeiler ([[Chief financial officer|CFO]])}}
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|891 million|link=yes}} (2023)
| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-264 million}} (2023)
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|-305 million}} (2023)
| assets = {{decrease}} {{US$|734 million}} (2023)
| equity = {{decrease}} {{US$|196 million}} (2023)
| num_employees = {{formatnum:1113}} (December 2023)
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|irobot.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="10-K 2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1159167/000115916724000008/irbt-20231230.htm|title=US SEC: Form 10-K iRobot Corporation|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|date=February 27, 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''iRobot Corporation''' is an American technology company that designs and builds consumer [[robot]]s. It was founded in 1990 by three members of [[MIT]]'s Artificial Intelligence Lab, who designed robots for space exploration and military defense.<ref>Eng, Dinah (August 14, 2014). "[http://fortune.com/2014/08/14/irobot-practical-robots/ iRobot: From R2-D2 to practical robots.]" Fortune. Retrieved March 1, 2017</ref> The company's products include a range of autonomous home [[vacuum cleaner]]s ([[Roomba]]), floor moppers ([[IRobot#Braava|Braava]]), and other autonomous cleaning devices.<ref name="Selling off warbot business">{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Matt |date=August 31, 2016 |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/30b9ca36e9224cefa2e5c5d636ddea9f/irobot-ceo-says-vacuum-cleaners-clear-path-robot-future |title=iRobot CEO says vacuum cleaners clear path to robot future |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225132044/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/30b9ca36e9224cefa2e5c5d636ddea9f/irobot-ceo-says-vacuum-cleaners-clear-path-robot-future |archive-date=2017-02-25 |url-status=dead |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref>

A planned takeover deal by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]] for US$1.7{{nbsp}}billion, announced in August 2022, collapsed in January 2024 amid antitrust scrutiny by the [[European Commission]].<ref name="amazon-terminate">{{Cite web |last1=Mattioli |first1=Dana |last2=Mackrael |first2=Kim |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Amazon, iRobot Abandon Deal Amid Regulatory Scrutiny |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-irobot-scrap-acquisition-deal-7072122f |access-date=January 29, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240129175945/https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-irobot-scrap-acquisition-deal-7072122f |archive-date=January 29, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>