Plowing into solid pet waste is the ultimate doomsday situation for robot vacuum cleaners. They can’t avoid it or pick it up, let alone dispose of it. The most likely outcome here is that a robot will ...

I’m all for encouraging more young people to enter STEM, to explore engineering and perhaps ultimately pursue a career in robotics. It’s a field whose importance will only grow with time, as more of ...

Shares of iRobot plunged more than 30% on Wednesday after the Roomba maker said there is "substantial doubt" about its ability to stay in business. The Roomba maker faces mounting debt and sputtering ...