Roomba maker iRobot sells defense robots business

iRobot is officially out of the military.

The 26-year-old robotics company sold the defense portion of its business to Arlington Capital Partners for $46 million on Thursday. While the deal will take a few months to finalize, the newly private company will focus on defense, public safety and the industrial market.

This means robots like the bomb-disposing PackBot and First Look, which some know as the "ThrowBot" for its ability to literally be thrown into dangerous situations, will now be part of the new iRobot Defense & Security (D&S) organization.