This new Roomba seals itself to your carpet

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="The Roomba Max 875 Combo is iRobot’s latest flagship robot vacuum mop. | Image: iRobot" data-portal-copyright="Image: iRobot" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Roomba_Max_875_Combo_Email_Onboarding_Touch1_Hero_Mobile_425x300.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Roomba Max 875 Combo is iRobot’s latest flagship robot vacuum mop. | Image: iRobot </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">iRobot has announced a new flagship robot vacuum, which it will showcase at IFA in Berlin this week, the company's first big tech trade show in years. The Roomba maker will be exhibiting under its new owner, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/844474/who-is-picea-robotics-company-owns-irobot">Picea Robotics</a>, the contract manufacturer that purchased the once-troubled American robotics company out of bankruptcy in January.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The $1,199 Roomba Max 875 Combo is the company's newest top-of-the-line robot vacuum and mop, and it debuts alongside the $899 Roomba Plus 678 Combo. Both models are available now at irobot.com.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The key vacuuming improvement is a new sealing system iRobot is calling SealForce that takes vacuuming "to a leve …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/987582/irobot-roomba-max-875-sealforce-robot-vacuum-announced">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>