iRobot Corporation engages in designing, developing, and marketing robots for the consumer, government, and industrial markets worldwide. It offers consumer products, including floor vacuuming and washing robots, and pool and gutter cleaning robots. The company also provides government and industrial products, such as ground robots comprising 510 PackBot line of small unmanned ground robots; the 310 small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV) and XM1216 SUGV multi-purpose ground robots; the 110 FirstLook small, light, and throwable robot; and the 710 Warrior multi-purpose robot that is capable of carrying heavy payloads. In addition, its government and industrial products include maritime unmanned vehicles, such as the 1KA Seaglider, an underwater vehicle designed for oceanic missions to measure temperature, salinity, current profiles, and other data for the scientific and research community, military planners, and offshore oil engineers. The company sells its robots to consumers through chain stores and other national retailers, as well as through its on-line store; and to the U.S. military, and other government agencies. iRobot Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
