Hackernews posts about iRobot

iRobot is a leading American robotics company that designs and manufactures autonomous home cleaning robots, best known for its Roomba vacuuming robot series.

Related: Amazon FTC

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica (techcrunch.com)

482 points by voxadam 23 days ago | 787 comments
Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans (electrek.co)

461 points by Bender 4 days ago | 269 comments
Ask HN: How to get started with robotics as a hobbyist?

200 points by StefanBatory 13 days ago | 94 comments
Advanced Aerial Robotics Made Simple (www.drehmflight.com)

144 points by jacquesm 13 days ago | 12 comments
Martial arts robots at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video] (www.youtube.com)

134 points by lisper 2 days ago | 140 comments
Waymo exec admits remote operators in Philippines help guide US robotaxis (eletric-vehicles.com)

105 points by anigbrowl 14 days ago | 49 comments
Tesla unsupervised Robotaxis are nowhere to be found (lightbrd.com)

69 points by TheAlchemist 27 days ago | 38 comments
'Tesla is (still) trying to deceive investors into thinking it has SF robotaxis' (electrek.co)

66 points by MilnerRoute 20 days ago | 6 comments
Tesla's 45 Austin Robotaxis now have 14 crashes on the books since June 2025 (sherwood.news)

54 points by speckx 4 days ago | 17 comments
Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans (gizmodo.com)

45 points by tempestn 3 days ago | 12 comments
Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots (www.theverge.com)

35 points by Analemma_ 23 days ago | 6 comments
Tesla didn't remove Robotaxi safety monitor – just moved them to a trailing car (electrek.co)

26 points by usefulposter 29 days ago | 7 comments
How Industrial Robot Safety Was Written In Blood (hackaday.com)

22 points by WaluigiBSOD 15 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla's unsupervised robotaxis vanish after earnings announcement (electrek.co)

19 points by Animats 24 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Sprout, a fun-sized, developer-ready humanoid robot (faunarobotics.com)

13 points by kelguerin 25 days ago | 3 comments
Tesla discontinues Model X and S vehicles as Elon Musk pivots to robotics (www.theguardian.com)

12 points by billybuckwheat 23 days ago | 7 comments
Tesla begins public unsupervised Robotaxi rides (twitter.com)

12 points by dillona 30 days ago | discuss
Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala [video] (www.youtube.com)

10 points by fspeech 4 days ago | 3 comments
Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround in customers (www.bbc.com)

10 points by 1659447091 19 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: YOR – open-source bimanual mobile robot for <$10k (www.yourownrobot.ai)

10 points by jeffacce 8 days ago | discuss
Musk admits no Optimus robots are doing 'useful work' at Tesla (electrek.co)

9 points by saubeidl 20 days ago | discuss
Waymo Faces Setback as New York Withdraws Robotaxi Service Plan (www.bloomberg.com)

8 points by helsinkiandrew 1 day ago | 4 comments
Unitree Robotics demostration during the Chinese New Year Gala is incredible [video] (www.youtube.com)

8 points by piquadrat 3 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check: 8 months in, 19% availability (electrek.co)

8 points by PLenz 5 days ago | 2 comments
Humanoid robot Unitree G1 trudges through ice and snow at -47.4 °C (www.heise.de)

8 points by lukeinator42 14 days ago | 2 comments
Tesla's Robotaxi Bait and Switch (www.thefp.com)

8 points by fortran77 23 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Corvus Robotics (YC S18) Inventory drones with full life-cycle autonomy

7 points by robot_jackie 17 days ago | 5 comments
China Robots (www.newsweek.com)

7 points by aversivet 1 day ago | 4 comments
Kung Fu Robots Deliver 'Knockout' Performance at Spring Festival Gala [video] (www.youtube.com)

7 points by zaikunzhang 4 days ago | 2 comments
China's humanoid robots perform martial arts stunts, Chinese New Year [video] (www.youtube.com)

7 points by vinnyglennon 4 days ago | 1 comments