Homes and Gardens on MSN

How to clean a robot vacuum cleaner in 6 easy steps – return yours to its former glory like a pro

Robot vacuums are the ultimate 'hands-free' appliance, doing the bulk of your floor care for you while you go about your life ...
Ars Technica

Here come the inflate-a-bots: iRobot’s AIR blow-up bot prototypes

A DARPA-funded research project at Massachusetts-based iRobot has developed a series of prototype robots with inflatable parts. The robots, developed with researchers from Carnegie-Mellon University ...
The Business Journals

Army awards iRobot $2M more for Packbot parts

IRobot Corp. reports that it has landed a $2.1 million order from the U.S. Army for spare parts and repairs for the PackBot military robot. The order is the first under the five-year, $200 million ...
Shephard Media

iRobot Awarded $200M Ceiling IDIQ US Army Contract for Robotic Systems, Spare Parts and Accessories

iRobot Corp. today announced it has been awarded a $200 million ceiling priced Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Program ...
UPI

iRobot contracted for PackBot spare parts

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted iRobot Corp. to provide spare parts and maintenance support for the company's PackBot line of military robots. The $2.1 million order, ...
Computerworld

IRobot gets $200M Army pact to supply robots, spare parts

The U.S. Army today awarded iRobot Corp. a $200 million contract that calls for iRobot to supply the Army with military robots and spare parts as well as training and other services over the next five ...