iRobot OS offers more pet features,
understands more voice commands and has recognized more objects
than any other robot
iRobot OS marks the evolution of company's
Genius Home Intelligence platform
BEDFORD,
Mass., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot Corp.
(NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today introduced
iRobot OS, an evolution of the company's Genius Home Intelligence
platform. iRobot OS delivers a new level of customer experience for
a cleaner, healthier and smarter home. Leveraging iRobot's growing
base of over 20 million connected devices sold, a unique
understanding of the home environment and an advanced computer
vision platform, iRobot OS is already enabling over 2.7 million
cleaning missions each and every day around the world.
"As iRobot expands its ecosystem of connected robots and smart
home devices, we are placing a strategic emphasis on superior
software intelligence delivered on high-performance, beautifully
designed hardware," said Colin
Angle, chairman and CEO of iRobot. "iRobot OS brings it all
to life, enabling products that understand the home environment,
respect customer preferences and intuitively connect with the smart
home ecosystem to get the job done. iRobot OS lets our robots get
smarter and clean even more effectively over time, delivering
valuable new features and functionality that benefits all
customers, including pet owners, busy families and those looking to
get the most out of their voice assistants. This is just the
beginning, and we look forward to continuously building upon iRobot
OS, providing customers with even more thoughtful ways to clean in
the months and years ahead."
Built With More Pet Features Than Any Other Robot
The
#1 choice for pet owners, and the only robot that guarantees it
identifies and avoids solid pet waste, the iRobot OS powered
Roomba® j7 and j7+ robot vacuums are built with
more pet features than any other robot. With pet-centric features
like Pet Lock and Keep Out Zones, which can be set to prevent a
robot from cleaning areas like around a water dish, along with
thoughtfully intelligent suggestions like recommended cleaning
schedules during pet shedding season, iRobot's products are
designed with the pet owner in mind.
Has Recognized and Avoided More Objects Than Any Other
Robot1
Able to avoid shoes, socks, cords,
headphones, clothing, towels and solid pet waste, the iRobot OS
powered Roomba j7 and j7+ robot vacuums have detected more than 43
million objects in people's homes. With a computer vision platform
that is currently able to recognize over 80 common
objects,2 iRobot OS will continue enabling the Roomba j7
Series to identify and avoid even more objects in the future,
letting customers not worry about cleaning up before the cleaning
begins. This game-changing functionality has enabled the Roomba j7
Series to become the top-selling robot in both the United States and Japan since it was launched in September 2021.
Understands More Voice Commands Than Any Other
Robot
With approximately 600 supported Alexa®,
Google Assistant and Siri commands, iRobot OS delivers the most
flexible voice-activated cleaning options and understands more
voice commands than any other robot.3 iRobot OS powered
robots can clean specific rooms using voice and are the only robots
that can be told to clean targeted areas like "around the
couch."
For more information:
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1US market only. Estimated objects based on
US robotic vacuum sales volume from September 2021 through April 2022.
2Robot
behavior varies by object.
3Works with
Alexa and Google Assistant enabled devices. Alexa and all related
logos are trademarks of Amazon.com or its affiliates. Google is a
trademark of Google LLC. Siri is a registered trademark of Apple
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and
regions.
About iRobot Corp.
iRobot, the leading global consumer robot company, designs and
builds the world's most thoughtful robots and intelligent home
innovations that make life better. iRobot created the home robot
cleaning category with the introduction of its Roomba®
robot vacuum in 2002. Today, iRobot is a global enterprise that has
sold more than 40 million robots worldwide. iRobot's product
portfolio features proprietary technologies and advanced concepts
in cleaning, mapping and navigation. Leveraging this portfolio,
iRobot engineers are working to build an ecosystem of robots and
smart home devices to help consumers make their homes easier to
maintain and healthier places to live. For more information about
iRobot, please visit www.irobot.com.
For iRobot Investors
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harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. This press release contains express or implied
forward-looking statements relating to iRobot
Corporation's expectations concerning new product features,
including features that expand product performance over time. These
statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to
a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our
control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from
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and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance
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date hereof. iRobot undertakes no obligation to update or revise
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Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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