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title: "iRobot: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "iRobot Corporation is an American technology company that designs and builds consumer robots. It was founded in 1990 by three members of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, who designed robots for space exploration and military defense."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-irobot
type: Organization
wikidata: Q285161
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRobot
website: https://www.irobot.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# iRobot

> iRobot Corporation is an American technology company that designs and builds consumer robots. It was founded in 1990 by three members of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, who designed robots for space exploration and military defense.

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-irobot

## Facts

- Category: Robotics, Security and defense
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1990-01-01
- Headquarters: Bedford
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: https://www.irobot.com/
- Also known as: IRobot, Irobot, IROBOT, iRobot Corp., iRobot Corporation
- Industries: robotics

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/iRobot
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/irobot
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB6E-44uKOyRW9hX378XEyg
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irobot.jp
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irobot

## Key people

- Helen Greiner, founder (American computer scientist, engineer and entrepreneur)
- Colin Angle, founder (Co-founder/CEO/Chairman, iRobot Corporation)
- Rodney Brooks, founder (Australian roboticist)

## Revenue

- undated: USD 660.6 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 883.9 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.1 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.2 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.4 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.6 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.2 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 890.6 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 681.8 million (SEC filing)

## Ownership

Parent: [Shenzhen Picea Robotics](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-shenzhen-picea-robotics.md)

## Products

- military robot
- domestic robot

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on iRobot, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-irobot#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285161, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRobot
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001159167

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