While iRobot took biological inspiration for Ariel’s design, the robot wasn’t prone to being stuck on its back like a crab ...

From disaster zones, to oil spills, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, iRobot has taken its robot everywhere in its 35 years.

The Roombas in question were not commercially available — they were development robots given to testers. However, several researchers have uncovered privacy issues with robot vacuums produced by ...