2022年8月5日,

亞馬遜表示,希望幫助客戶處理家務像吸塵。擴大/ iRobot的Roomba j7 +機器人真空。iRobot亞馬遜剛剛宣布一個重磅收購國內機器人公司iRobot公司以17億美元的價格。懸而未決的收購將是亞馬遜的第四大,2017年購買雜貨連鎖店全食超市後(137億美元),2021年電影公司米高梅(84.5億美元),和醫療提供者一個醫療上個月(39億美元)。iRobot公司是世界上領先的消費者機器人公司。公司主要是使Roomba吸塵器和robo-mops,也是想讓robo-mower產品離地麵。進一步閱讀亞馬遜對機器人並不陌生;整個機器人“亞馬遜”部門,專注於公司的物流在亞馬遜倉庫工作。亞馬遜搶購倉庫機器人公司Kiva係統最近在2019年和2012年和畫布技術首次發起“完全自治”機器人,叫“變形”,它看起來像一個工業級Roomba。吸塵,而是單元驅動下庫存車和引發了幾英寸,就足以讓送貨的車離開地麵。 Amazon has also dipped its toes into iRobot's turf lately with the sort-of commercial launch of the home robot " Astro ." Astro is essentially an Alexa/camera/tablet on wheels that can navigate around the house. Sales are only by invitation, though, so it's more like an experiment than a major consumer launch. Advertisement Amazon doesn't mention the little house robot at all in its press release, though, with Dave Limp, SVP of Amazon Devices, saying, "We know that saving time matters, and chores take precious time that can be better spent doing something that customers love. Over many years, the iRobot team has proven its ability to reinvent how people clean with products that are incredibly practical and inventive—from cleaning when and where customers want while avoiding common obstacles in the home, to automatically emptying the collection bin." The press release says iRobot CEO Colin Angle will stay on as head of iRobot, and the deal is subject to regulatory approval.