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Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by ChrisLomont on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:33AM (#32355894)
Amazon probably cares most about getting all the robot making talent and capability they can for a wide range of robotic needs they have/will have.
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Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by bmitc on Friday August 05, 2022 @09:45AM (#32356045)
Amazon Robotics has been actively poaching talent from iRobot already, but I think it's probably a little of everything: talent, data, and the bump they can give to iRobot sales.
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Re:Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B by muttled on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:31AM (#32357601)
Roomba already makes bots that carry around pallets in a warehouse so your point makes sense.
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