Robots, Military, IRobot Wade Roush wrote: Burlington, MA-based iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) has made two announcements in as many days, touching on both sides of its business, military robots and home robots. On the military side, iRobot said Monday that it has received an award to design and develop robots for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s LANdroids program. LANdroids (the LAN stands for local area networking) are DARPA’s answer to the problem of radio-signal blockage and interfe
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Yesterday we posted a review on the iRobot Roomba 560, and told you how much we loved it. Today iRobot has introduced a few new robots, the iRobot Verro 100, 300 and 500 and priced at $399, $699 and $999, respectively. The robots designed to clean pools and should be available soon. The new Verro 100 will navigate and clean a flat-bottomed above ground pool of any shape, while vacuuming debris along the way. The new Verro 500 features sturdy rubber rollers that brush and power-scrub all pool su
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iRobot CEO Colin Angle and CFO Geoff Clear gave a presentation to the Raymond James investors conference yesterday with some breakout news. Charts accompanying his presentation projected $1.50-$1.70 a share earnings goal and $500 million in revenue in 3 years. Put a 25 multiple on that and you get some nice big numbers, folks! That would be a nice double from here. It is only a goal, of course. Angle projected those earnings based on assumptions of more reliable products with lower warranty cos
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iRobot has announced NEW iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robots! They must be selling in order for iRobot to be expanding the line, now at a much-lower $399 price point! (Note that the lowest price model is not yet available.) Here is the Press Release: Splish, Splash! Sparkling Clean Water With New iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robots Tuesday March 4, 6:00 am ET Verro Lets Pool Owners Spend More Time Enjoying the Water, Less Time Cleaning It; Internal Filtration System Helps Prevent Wear and Tear on
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A while back we told you about the LANdroids — tiny remote-control machines designed to extend wireless networks on battlefields. Now those roving robots is a step closer to reality, as the Pentagon has contracted with iRobot Corp. (the guys who make the Roomba) to develop them. Rather than actually go into harms’ way, the LANdroids are supposed to position themselves to serve as repeaters in a local wireless network, creating a LAN that any friendly war-fighters in the vicinity can log into to
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You can now get Free Shipping on Scooba and Roomba plus a Lifetime Guarantee in our Buyers Guide.
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iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robot $200 + free gift card The iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robot is ringing up at $249.99 from Linens ‘n Things. Applying coupon code 26620000008 drops the price down to $199.99, then a mail-in rebate nets a free $25 Linens ‘n Things gift card. Choose in-store pickup and you’ll save around $25 on shipping costs. Coupon expiration unknown. Rebate offer ends 03/12/2008. Visit The Bargainist for more.
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Robomower to Enforce MAP Pricing February 22nd, 2008 No sooner than I start to write the Robomower obituary, I get a nasty-gram stating that in fact ALL Robomower dealers must be in Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) compliance by March 1 or lose their dealer status. This is going to be a painful move for the Robomower distributor.  I will of course fully comply and at the same time keep a wary eye on their websites and how strictly it is going to be enforced among other dealers, especially Am
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Robomower in a Death Spiral? Part II February 21st, 2008 I received an email from the Robomower distributor yesterday stating that all dealers had to be at MAP by March 1. I am a big fan-HUGE fan- of Minimum Advertised Pricing. I will explain why it benefits consumers and retailers in another blog. I am highly suspect of the sincerity of the MAP email for several reasons. For MAP to be actually enforceable it has to be enforced evenly. Walmart.com and Amazon are currently selling the RL850
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