Koolvac was a robotic vacuum cleaner sold in the U.S. by former iRobot

IRobot

iRobot Corporation is an American advanced technology company founded in 1990 and incorporated in Delaware in 2000, the iRobot Corporation designs robots such as an autonomous home vacuum cleaner , the Scooba that scrubs and cleans hard floors, and military and police robots, such as the PackBot...

 distributor Koolatron, owned by Canadian Urus Industrial Corp. iRobot filed a lawsuit against Koolatron, claiming that Koolvac was an unauthorized copy of their Roomba

Roomba

The Roomba is a series of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners sold by iRobot. Under normal operating conditions, it is able to navigate a living space and common obstacles while vacuuming the floor...

model. iRobot won the court case and Koolatron was prohibited from further sales of Koolvacs within the United States. All unsold units had to be destroyed or exported out of the U.S. by October 2005.

External links

• "iRobot Targets Roomba Knockoff", PC Magazine - May 10, 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-23
• "IRobot patent win sweeps rival out of U.S.", Boston Business Journal - August 25, 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-23