Roomba maker iRobot made a serious push into education last year when it acquired Root Robotics, the company behind the Root rt1, an innovative $199 coding bot. Now that device is getting a ...

We loved iRobot's coding robot, the rt1, and right now, you can get a similar model, the rt0, on sale for a huge discount—find out more.

iRobot’s Root RT0 and RT1 are regularly $129.99 and $199.99, respectively, but for National Robotics Week, iRobot is offering the RT1 with a $30 discount that drops its price to just $169.99.

iRobot’s Root will compete with Sphero’s Bolt, a programmable app-enabled plastic ball that teaches coding, and DJI’s newly announced Robomaster S1, a four-wheeled robot that teaches kids ...

iRobot said it has acquired Root Robotics, a company focused on educational robots, in a move that will broaden its education reach. The company also rolled out the Root Coding Robot via the ...

I AM ROOT: iRobot, the Bedford, Mass-based maker of Roomba and other household robotic devices, has purchased Root Robotics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based maker of robots, apps and curricula that teach ...

When you think of iRobot, you probably think of floor cleaning or military robots. But they also have a set of robots aimed at education. The Root robot — an acquisition the company made in 2… ...

In a bid to expand its educational offerings, iRobot has acquired local Massachusetts-based startup, Root Robotics. The company is the creator of the eponymous coding robot, a two-wheeled device ...

Fig 1. iRobot’s Ava Mobile Robotics Platform uses the Android-based Motorola Xoom to provide a user interface along with 3D sensing capability from PrimeSense. Fig 2. C-Link Systems’ rugged ...