Last Friday, Amazon reached an acquisition agreement with IROBOT with smart robotic manufacturers, and Amazon will complete the acquisition of IROBOT for about $ 1.7 billion. The acquisition is also the fourth largest transaction in Amazon’s history. The three acquisitions in front are: In 2017, the acquisition of retailer WHOLE FOODS for $ 13.7 billion, the acquisition of MGM MGM for $ 8.45 billion in 2021, and the primary of US $ 3.9 billion in cash transactions in 2022 Medical provider One Medical.
IROBOT is famous for its scanning robot Roomba launched in 2002. The product line is expanded from a vacuum cleaner to other home cleaning robots, such as mop robots and weeding machines. This shows the ambition of Amazon’s entry into the smart home industry, but this is not the first time that Amazon has made a shot on the smart home industry. Last year, Amazon launched the first home assistant robot Astro. This is a smart home robot with a price of $ 1450. It is equipped with Amazon Alexa digital voice assistant. You can follow consumers to move around at home. The main functions are inspection and pickup. The acquisition will open the smart home market one by one, and use the smart floor -to -floor robot as a breakthrough, integrate Amazon cloud technology, and create a new ecosystem of Amazon smart home.