Roomba
Autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner released in 2002, bringing low-cost consumer robotics with obstacle avoidance and sensor-based navigation into millions of homes.
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iRobot Roomba Launch
In September 2002, iRobot Corporation released the Roomba, a disc-shaped autonomous vacuum cleaner priced at USD 199. The product demonstrated that a reactive, behaviour-based robot could navigate unstructured domestic environments without maps, bringing autonomous robotics into mainstream consumer households.