IRobot Corp., maker of the Roomba floor cleaner and other robotic devices, late Monday said that it plans to acquire privately held Evolution Robotics Inc., developer of a competing line of ...

A start-up company says it has developed a navigation system that is cheap enough to bring robots to the mass-consumer market. Pasadena, Calif.-based Evolution Robotics said its technology that lets a ...

If all goes according to plan, he figures mass-market robots based on Evolution may cost between $50 and $5,000, with initial products likely to appear within the year. Robots, whether they resemble ...