iRobot · working robot
Roomba j7 / j7+
Ninth-generation Roomba with a front camera to spot and avoid obstacles such as cords and pet waste; the Combo j7+ added mopping in 2022.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A discontinued machine from iRobot.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
iRobotCompany · founded 1990 · Bedford, Massachusetts, United StatesAmazon's US$1.7B takeover was abandoned in January 2024; Chapter 11 filed 14 December 2025
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- 6,764 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Roomba)
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It vacuums hands-free and uses PrecisionVision Navigation to identify and avoid obstacles such as cords and pet waste.
- Sensors & vision
- Front camera for PrecisionVision obstacle detection (cords, pet waste); bumper and infrared cliff sensors
- Other details
- Combo j7+ adds a lifting mop (2022); j8+ is a Costco variant
Lineage
Every iRobot machine in order.
Watch Roomba j7 / j7+
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold worldwide from September 2021; units not published
- Where it is sold or used
- iRobot (contract manufacturer Picea, which bought iRobot in 2026)
News
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- iRobot emerges from Chapter 11 under Picea
iRobot completed a pre-packaged bankruptcy and became a US subsidiary of Shenzhen Picea Robotics.
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Sources
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