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20.09.25 - 12:00
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The US invented the robot vacuum. So why does China now dominate the market? (SCMP)
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The robot vacuum cleaner used to be considered an American success story. It was developed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who set up a company called iRobot in 1990. Even today, many consumers still use the name of the firm's breakout product – the Roomba – to refer to all robot vacuums.
But fast forward three decades, and the United States has totally lost its grip on a market that it created. As in many industries, Chinese firms now dominate production of robot......
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