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We have previously reported on a number of Amazon acquisitions and industry expansions, but the corporation does not seem to be letting up. Today it was announced that   Amazon would be acquiring iRobot , the company behind Roomba, the disc-shaped robot vacuums that slide around households all over the world. The acquisition was made for roughly $1.7 billion, but money does not seem to be a worry for the mega-corporation. This acquisition is also the latest development for Amazon on the smart home front, and it will not be surprising if iRobot and its products begin to be incorporate into Alexa and other smart home capabilities.  This comes after recent developments for both Amazon and iRobot in home robot  technologies  — iRobot launched its latest OS earlier this year, and Amazon released its Astro smart home robot last year. That said, Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot does not come as a total surprise due to the corporation’s previous interest in smart home robot te...