You will be assimilated: iRobot acquires up-and-coming competitor Mint

September 17, 2012 3:20 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Home-cleaning robot manufacturer iRobot announced today that it has acquired one of its key competitors, Evolution Robotics, for $74 million. Evolution Robotics is the maker of the Mint floor cleaning robots.

2 billion pounds of dirt and 1.7 trillion square feet later, Roomba celebrates its 10th anniversary (infographic)

September 17, 2012 10:50 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

My blissful dreams of robot-aided leisure colossal couch-potato-dom were brutally crushed, alas, under the harsh realities of early adopterhood.

The age of personal robots is at hand (video)

August 21, 2011 9:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

If the past 50 years saw the rise of industrial robots, the next 50 will be about the age of personal robots.

That’s the view of Steve Cousins (pictured above), chief executive of Willow Garage, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based maker …