Zola 2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://chris.ortner-moises.com/tags/repairability/atom.xml 2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00 Chris Ortner-Moises https://chris.ortner-moises.com/writing/irobot-repairability/

<p>The U.S. vacuum robot manufacturer iRobot was sold to a Chinese company for scraps a while ago. The once leader in household cleaning robot technology lost their way somewhere along the line, stopped innovating, and was left behind. For a long time, they made damn fine vacuums, though.</p> <p>My apartment is still home to one iRobot j7, lovingly called Wayne Inhalierts, and it will continue to live with us until it breaks or the new Chinese overlords turn off the servers.</p>