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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of<BR>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <U><B>October&nbsp;22, 2008</B></U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>iROBOT CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Delaware</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (<U><B>781) 430-3000</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;22, 2008, iRobot Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an employment separation
agreement with Helen Greiner pursuant to which Ms.&nbsp;Greiner will resign as Chairman of the Board and
from her employment with the Company effective as of October&nbsp;24, 2008. The employment separation
agreement, which supersedes the executive agreement between the Company and Ms.&nbsp;Greiner dated March
15, 2006, provides for the following, among other things: (i)&nbsp;separation pay equal to one year&#146;s
base salary, (ii)&nbsp;health benefits coverage for up to four months, (iii)&nbsp;the opportunity to receive
a pro-rated bonus for fiscal 2008, (iv)&nbsp;annual cash and equity awards pursuant to the Company&#146;s
non-employee director compensation policy, (v)&nbsp;full acceleration of all of her currently
outstanding options to purchase Company stock, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units
if Ms.&nbsp;Greiner ceases to serve as a director of the Company and (vi)&nbsp;a general release by Ms.
Greiner, in each case in the manner specified in the employment separation agreement. Ms.&nbsp;Greiner
will continue to serve as a director of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;22, 2008, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is being furnished as
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Elise Caffrey
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>COLIN ANGLE TO SUCCEED HELEN GREINER AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF IROBOT</B><BR>
<I>Greiner to Remain on Board of Directors</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Bedford, Mass., October&nbsp;22, 2008 </B>&#151; iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) today announced that Helen Greiner
has resigned as chairman of the board of iRobot, effective October&nbsp;24, 2008. The board of
directors has elected Colin Angle to serve as chairman of the board in addition to his current role
as chief executive officer of iRobot. Helen will continue to serve on iRobot&#146;s board of directors
as a non-employee director while pursuing other interests and opportunities within the robot
industry.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;Since co-founding iRobot in 1990, Helen has been an integral part of the company and played a
large role in our success,&#148; said Angle. &#147;We are fortunate
that she will maintain a position on our board of directors as she continues to drive the robot
industry forward.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;I
will remain close to the company through my work on the board,&#148; said Greiner. &#147;I am excited about
where the robot industry is going and how I can help shape the future through individual endeavors,
work with the Robotics Technology Consortium, Massachusetts Robotics Cluster and the various boards
on which I serve.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;Helen&#146;s knowledge of
the robot industry is surpassed only by her passion for its growth. We
appreciate all of her hard work and dedication to iRobot and look forward to her continued
contribution as a member of the board,&#148; said The Honorable
Jacques Gansler, PhD, an iRobot board member.
&#147;Colin Angle was the board&#146;s unanimous choice in succeeding Helen.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>About iRobot Corp.</B><BR>
iRobot designs and builds robots that make a difference. The company&#146;s home robots help people with
smarter ways to clean, and our government and industrial robots protect those in harm&#146;s way.
iRobot&#146;s consumer and military robots feature iRobot AWARE&#153; robot intelligence systems, proprietary
technology incorporating advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial
intelligence. For more information about iRobot, please visit www.irobot.com.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>For iRobot Investors</B><BR>
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
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">8 Crosby
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