Who is Picea Robotics, Roomba’s new owner?

The 3i S10 Ultra is the flagship robot vacuum from Picea, the institution that volition ain iRobot.

iRobot, the proprietor of the Roomba robot vacuum, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating that it will beryllium acquired by its declaration manufacturer, Picea Robotics. The Chinese-based institution assumed iRobot's $190 cardinal indebtedness earlier this period and, nether the presumption of iRobot's restructuring, volition waive that debt, on with the $161.5 cardinal iRobot owes it for manufacturing its robots. In return, Picea volition own iRobot successful its entirety.

So, who is Picea? Shenzhen Picea Robotics, besides known arsenic 3irobotix, is 1 of the largest archetypal plan manufacturers (ODM) of robot vacuums. The logos of iRobot, Shark, and Anker (which owns the Eufy vacuum b …

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