Palantir · U.S. · The Verge
IRobot rolls out eight robot vacuums starting at £229 and announces ‘hot spot mopping.’
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Key facts
- IRobot has only provided The Verge with UK pricing; the line starts at £229 (about $309) for the base model 115 and goes up to £799 ($1,080) for the flagship 775
- The prior lineup started at £249 and went up to £999, costing $299 to $999 in the US
- The new models will launch in mid-2026, rolling out in phases across North America and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with the Roomba 415 Combo and 115 Combo apparently arriving first, as they’re already listed on iRobot.co
- The mid-range Plus line features the Roomba Plus 615, £599, and 675, £699
Summary
IRobot launches eight robot vacuums starting at £229 and introduces ‘hot spot mopping.’. IRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums before filing for bankruptcy. IRobot, which underwent a reboot and is now owned by Shenzhen Picea Robotics, a Chinese original design manufacturer of robotic vacuums, says its new lineup is up to 25 percent smaller for “many” models, better enabling them to move around homes with low furniture, as low as 9cm. How Roomba invented the home robot, and lost the future.