From disaster zones, to oil spills, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, iRobot has taken its robot everywhere in its 35 years.

The original Roomba was the first robot vacuum in the US, and the second ever made, following Electrolux’s Trilobite the year prior. A basic bump-and-roll bot with bump and cliff sensors, the Roomba rolled randomly around your home, sucking up dirt, bumping from wall to wall, and generally trying not to fall down stairs.

We were roadkilled in a larger agenda,” stated Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot, as the firm, once synonymous with consumer robots, now entered bankruptcy and transferred every asset in its possession over to its Chinese manufacturer,

Head over to Amazon to get the iRobot Roomba 105 Vac Robot Vacuum for just $149, down from its usual price of $300. That’s a discount of $151 and 50% off. That’s a decent amount off, if we say so ourselves, so make sure you keep an eye on it and get one before the sale ends.

Remember when the Roomba was just a revolutionary vacuum cleaner stalking your late-night infomercial binge? It simply hissed and glided from room to room, sucking up every dust particle in its path. While it’s since evolved into a mode of cat ...