Amazon invests US$1.7 billion in Roomba robot hoovers

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Involved in connected home equipment products, Amazon announced on August 5, 2022, an agreement to buy iRobot Corp, a company that makes, among other things, the Roomba robot hoover, for US$1.7 billion (including a small amount of debt). Last year, iRobot posted a turnover of US$1.5 billion.

Launched in 2002, its Roomba cordless intelligent hoover has sold more than 40 million units, priced from US$200 to US$800. The robot learns and maps spaces to clean up dust and crumbs