Over many years, iRobot has been a top robotic company
Amazon made a huge deal with Roomba vacuum maker (iRobot)
In the deal, amazon confirmed that it will buy iRobot at about $1.7 billion
iRobot's vacuum cleaners, mops, air purifiers, and hand-held vacuums to soon fall under Amazon's product catalog
After the deal announcement, the iRobot company's shares surged by 20%
Roomba Robot vacuum cleaner was launched by iRobot in 2002
The Roomba vacuum cleaners price starts at just $249 and goes up to $999