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iRobot Receives U.S. Military Orders Totaling $17.5 Million

BURLINGTON, Mass., July 11, 2007 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced it has received two delivery orders totaling $17.5 million for iRobot® PackBot® robots for the U.S. military. The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), on behalf of the Robotic Systems Joint Project Office at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., and the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) both placed orders for iRobot’s combat-proven military robots. iRobot expects to complete delivery by the end of January 2008. The initial PEO STRI contract was awarded under the Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) contracting authority. PEO STRI has recently established its own contracting authority, and this contract was transitioned under that authority.

PEO STRI placed an order valued at more than $8.6 million for 14 iRobot PackBot robots with ICx Fido Kit and five iRobot PackBot EOD robots, plus spare parts. The PackBot robots will ship with iRobot’s new game-style hand controllers for faster training and easier operation in the field. This order brings the total PEO STRI orders to date to approximately $36 million. Under the terms of the existing Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, PEO STRI could order up to the full $64.3 million value in robots, spare parts, training and repair services.

In addition, NAVSEA ordered 60 iRobot PackBot MTRS robots and spare parts valued at $8.9 million for Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal use, bringing NAVSEA’s total orders to date to more than $74 million. Under the terms of NAVSEA’s previously existing IDIQ contract, the military could order up to the full $264 million value in robots, spare parts, training and repair services.

“We see growing enthusiasm from our military customers for our reliable, life-saving PackBot robots,” said Vice Admiral Joe Dyer (U.S. Navy, Ret.), president of iRobot Government and Industrial Robots. “We will continue our efforts to improve our battle-proven technologies with innovations like PackBot’s new game-style hand controller, which takes advantage of hours of training our young men and women have logged with computer games, making them pre-trained PackBot operators.”

To date, iRobot has delivered more than 1,000 PackBot robots to a broad range of military and civilian customers worldwide. The robots have performed tens of thousands of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are credited with saving soldiers’ lives.

About iRobot Corp.
iRobot is a provider of robots that perform dull, dirty or dangerous missions in a better way. The company's proprietary technology, iRobot AWARE Robot Intelligence Systems, incorporates advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial intelligence. This proprietary system enables iRobot to build behavior-based robots, including its family of consumer and military robots. For additional information about iRobot, please visit www.irobot.com.

For iRobot Investors
Certain statements made in this press release that are not based on historical information are forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, iRobot Corp.'s expectations concerning estimates of future revenues. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. In particular, the risks and uncertainties include, among other things our dependence on the U.S. federal government and government contracts, efforts to expand product offerings may not succeed, changes in the policies and spending priorities of governments and government agencies, the complexities of our products, and reliance on limited source suppliers and third-party manufacturers. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. iRobot Corp. undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. For additional disclosure regarding these and other risks faced by iRobot Corp., see the disclosure contained in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation, our most recent Annual Report of Form 10-K.

Contact:
Elise Caffrey
Investor Relations
(781) 418-3003
ecaffrey@irobot.com
Nancy Dussault
Media Relations
(781) 418-3323
ndussault@irobot.com