The Swedish company Electrolux beat Roomba by one year when it brought the amusingly named Trilobite to market in 2001. Picea is a Chinese company that refers collectively to two entities: Shenzhen Picea Robotics Co., Ltd, and Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited. By its own statements, Picea has manufactured more than 20 million robot vacuums, despite being a relatively young company founded in 2016. Hold Off on Buying One for NowSo why, then, do we advise you to hold off buying a Roomba if iRobot’s statement says that Roomba’s operations will continue seamlessly for now? Given Roomba’s brand recognition, I’d be awfully surprised if Picea doesn’t keep pumping out new Roomba robo-vacs onto the market once it’s fully acquired iRobot.