TL;DR
- Late last year, Roomba maker iRobot announced that it was undergoing Chapter 11 restructuring.
- Ownership has been transferred to its Chinese manufacturing partner, Picea.
- User data will be maintained by a US-controlled spin-off called iRobot Safe.
Even trailblazers sometimes get left behind, and years after iRobot brought robotic vacuums into the mainstream with its Roomba series, tough financial times forced the company to declare bankruptcy. Back in December, we learned that iRobot was being acquired by its main manufacturing partner, a company called Picea out of China. If you were at all concerned about what that transition meant for you and your data, iRobot has some updates to share that you’re going to want to know about.
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