At a Showstoppers event ahead of the Mobile World Congress, I came across a robot that can dance almost as well as the King of Pop. Designed by Shanghai-based AI robotics company AgiBot, the X2 robot ...

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To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec The bankruptcy of robot vacuum Roomba maker iRobot represents a relatively small but high ...

Roomba once looked like the future. Its maker, iRobot, filled American homes with small but affordable robots that helped keep households clean and cats endlessly occupied. But iRobot has now filed ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Tech historians may look back on 2025 as a kind of trough in consumer robotics.

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