/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/amazon-announces-plans-to-buy-irobot-making-a-big-splash-for-its-product-lineRecently, Amazon bought iRobot, the company that developed the robotic vacuum cleaner Roomba. (Image Credit: Onur Binay/Unsplash) Today, Amazon announced plans to purchase iRobot, the company behind the famed Roomba bot, for approximately $1.7 billi.en-USTelligent Community 12