roomba

• Roomba

Genericized trademark owned by iRobot Corporation. Possibly a blend of room +‎ rumba.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːm.bə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹum.bə/
• Rhymes: -uːmbə
• Hyphenation: Room‧ba

roomba (plural roombas)

1. (genericized trademark, rare) A robotic vacuum cleaner.
   • 2019 November 2, rehasu, “Human-controlled robots shown to make manufacturing safer, more efficient”, in Hacker News‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 October 2025:

     But a roomba is really an independent actor and we already see problems with it (roomba companies collecting apartment layout data, pets feeling strong competition, people feeling rather helpless if a roomba doesn't clean some place or gets itself constantly stuck on rugs etc). Sure they are not big problems, but roombas aren't really big independent actors either.

   • 2019 December 3, @Velinxi, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     That's so cute... I feel like roomba companies should start implementing cute AIs in the robots that bark or so cute stuff, their sales would skyrocket

   • 2021 December 15, u/Acrzyguy, “New cleaner on the job”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/Hololive, archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     Roomba companies after inventing Chloe: It's real free estate

   • 2023 August 8, @hollowearthterf, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     I have an offbrand roomba too, you don't need to actually have the roomba brand in this case; the off brands work just as well sometimes better

   • 2024 April 13, @radbeetle, Twitter‎^[5], archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     i used to have an actual roomba - okay no, not a roomba brand roomba but one of those things. and now im just imagining making it and still using it as my regular floor cleaning robot