iRobot: prepackaged Chapter 11 and acquisition by Picea

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware: voluntary petitions under chapter 11 to implement a prepackaged plan of reorganization. Latest step in the sources reviewed: Plan took effect, 23 January 2026. This case is a reorganisation rather than a sale of named assets; who holds the company afterwards is recorded in the linked deal below.

Court or authority: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (US-DE)
Proceeding: voluntary petitions under chapter 11 to implement a prepackaged plan of reorganization
Case number: The case number is not stated in the Form 8-K.
Parties: iRobot Corporation (debtor); Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd. (plan sponsor)
Brands: Roomba

Timeline

Only steps with evidence are shown. A missing step is stated as missing, not assumed.

Date	Step	What the source says
14 December 2025	Proceeding filed	iRobot Corporation and two subsidiaries filed voluntary chapter 11 petitions in the Delaware bankruptcy court to implement a prepackaged plan.
14 December 2025	Restructuring announced	Before filing, the debtors signed a restructuring support agreement with Picea Robotics and its Hong Kong subsidiary Santrum.
22 January 2026	Plan confirmed by the court	The court confirmed the plan.
23 January 2026	Plan took effect	The plan became effective. All shares and equity interests outstanding before that date were cancelled, and new common stock was issued to the company's new stockholder. · Brandtree deal record

Company status and brand status are separate

Entity	Legal status	Trading status	Brand availability
iRobot (company)	Reorganized under the plan; same legal entity, new sole stockholder	not evidenced	not evidenced

A dissolved company does not mean a brand is gone, and a closed court case does not mean a closed business. A relaunch does not prove that the new operator is a legal successor or took on any liability.

The deal in Brandtree's records

Bankruptcy sale closed Closed 23 January 2026

Picea acquires iRobot

iRobot filed for Chapter 11 on 14 December 2025, less than two years after Amazon abandoned its takeover. Its plan was confirmed on 22 January 2026 and took effect the next day, when Shenzhen PICEA Robotics, formerly Shenzhen 3irobotix and one of its contract manufacturers, acquired 100 per cent of the equity through its Hong Kong subsidiary Santrum Hong Kong. The old iRobot shares were cancelled, and the company that invented the Roomba is now wholly owned by a Chinese robotics firm.

Value: Undisclosed
Buyer: Picea
Seller: creditors
Regulatory: None recorded

This case adds context to the existing deal record; it is not a second acquisition.

Evidence

iRobot Corporation Form 8-K - plan of reorganization effective and acquisition by Picea, 23 January 2026 · Item 1.03, first paragraphfiled voluntary petitions (the "Chapter 11 Cases") under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code ("Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
iRobot Corporation Form 8-K - plan of reorganization effective and acquisition by Picea, 23 January 2026 · Item 1.03, first paragraphon December 14, 2025 (the "Petition Date"), iRobot Corporation (the "Company") and its subsidiaries iRobot US Holdings, LLC and iRobot Holdings LLC
iRobot Corporation Form 8-K - plan of reorganization effective and acquisition by Picea, 23 January 2026 · Item 1.03, first paragraphentered into a restructuring support agreement (and together with all annexes and exhibits thereto, the "RSA") with Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd.
iRobot Corporation Form 8-K - plan of reorganization effective and acquisition by Picea, 23 January 2026 · Item 1.03, first paragraphThe Court confirmed the Plan on January 22, 2026.
iRobot Corporation Form 8-K - plan of reorganization effective and acquisition by Picea, 23 January 2026 · Item 1.03 and Item 3.02the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms

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