iRobot · working robot
Braava
A quiet, square-fronted robot that pushes a dry or damp cloth over hard floors, finding its way with a NorthStar beacon placed in the room. The maker quoted up to 210 minutes of sweeping or 150 minutes of mopping per charge.
- Price
- $300Cheaper than 90%
- Height
- 8 cmTaller than 0%
- Weight
- 1.8 kgHeavier than 1%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 3.5 hRuns longer than 10%
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Why it matters
Rebrand of Evolution Robotics' Mint floor-mopping robot (released January 2010) after iRobot bought Evolution in September 2012 for $74 million.
Real-world use
Consumers
Timeline
- Released
- 2013
Maker
iRobotCompany · founded 1990 · Bedford, Massachusetts, United StatesAmazon's US$1.7B takeover was abandoned in January 2024; Chapter 11 filed 14 December 2025
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Braava is taller than 0% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Braava is heavier than 1% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Braava runs longer than 10% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Braava costs less than 90% of the 20 other working & field robots that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It mops or sweeps hard floors by itself, finding its way with a room beacon.
- Sensors & vision
- Cliff sensors, floor-transition sensors and a NorthStar navigation receiver that tracks an external beacon cube like indoor GPS.
- Battery & power
- 2,000 mAh NiMH; up to 210 minutes sweeping or 150 minutes mopping.
- AI & software
- NorthStar localisation developed by Evolution Robotics.
- Other details
- Uses disposable (e.g. Swiffer) or microfibre cloths for dry sweeping and damp mopping; about 1.8 kg.
Lineage
Every iRobot machine in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $300About $300 (IEEE Spectrum)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- About $300 retail; numbers not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Designed by Evolution Robotics (Pasadena) as the Mint, sold by iRobot from 2013
- Customers and pilots
- Consumers
News
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- iRobot files for bankruptcy
A3 reported iRobot's Chapter 11 filing, with China-based suppliers acquiring the Braava and Roomba maker.
Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
Sources
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