Bedford, Mass.-based robotics maker iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), best known for its autonomous floor-cleaning Roomba and bomb-defusing military robots, is making a foray into health care with an emphasis on robots that can help at home.
InTouch Health
iRobot invests $6M into telemedicine company | Funding Roundup
iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), famous for their Roomba automated cleaning robots, invested $6 million and launched an extended partnership with InTouch Health, which develops telemedicine systems for providing remote health care.
The venture builds on an existing relationship that the companies announced last summer, under which the companies engaged in a development and licensing agreement.
Robot makers iRobot and InTouch explore health care instruments
iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), famous for their Roomba automated cleaning robots, announced a development and licensing agreement with InTouch Health, makers of remote presence telemedicine systems.