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      <TD align="right" valign="top">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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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: 8pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Delaware</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>77-0259 335</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>iRobot Corporation<BR>
  63 South Avenue<BR>
  Burlington, Massachusetts 01803</B>
  
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan<BR>
  Amended and Restated 2001 Special Stock Option Plan<BR>
  Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan<BR>
  2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>
  
  
  
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Colin M. Angle<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  iRobot Corporation<BR>
  63 South Avenue<BR>
  Burlington, Massachusetts 01803</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt">(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(781)&nbsp;345-0200</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt">Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service.</DIV>
  
  
  
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.<BR>
  Edward A. King, Esq.<BR>
  Goodwin Procter LLP<BR>
  Exchange Place<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;570-1000</B>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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                      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan<BR></B>
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share<BR>
  (including rights to acquire
  Series&nbsp;A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">377,710<br>
  155,640<br>
  1,200<br>
  170,210<br>
  171,685<br>
  594,650<br>
  547,910</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;$0.0002<BR>&nbsp;$0.24<BR>&nbsp;$0.50<BR>&nbsp;$0.55<BR>&nbsp;$1.87<BR>&nbsp;$2.33<BR>&nbsp;$2.78
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$75.54<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $37,353.60<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $600.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $93,615.50<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $321,050.95<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $1,385,534.50<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $1,523,189.80<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Amended and Restated 2001 Special
  Stock Option Plan<BR></B>
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share<BR>
  (including rights to acquire
  Series&nbsp;A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">146,524</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;$2.33
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$341,400.92<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option
  and Incentive Plan<BR></B>
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share<BR>
  (including rights to acquire
  Series&nbsp;A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">50,200<br>
  151,800<br>
  450,775<br>
  138,375<br>
  111,500<br>
  46,500</TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;$2.78<BR>&nbsp;$4.60<BR>&nbsp;$4.96<BR>&nbsp;$5.66<BR>&nbsp;$14.54<BR>&nbsp;$16.32
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      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$139,556.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $698,280.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $2,235,844.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $783,202.50<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $1,621,210.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>
  $758,880.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan<BR></B>
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share<BR>
  (including rights to acquire
  Series&nbsp;A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">86,625<BR>1,497,057</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.77<BR>$24.00
  </TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,539,326.25<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align
  : text-top">(2)</SUP><BR>$35,929,368.00<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Total</B>
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,698,361</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$47,408,487.56
  </TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
  
  <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,580</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such
  indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to eliminate any
  dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with fixed exercise prices.
  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), the
  aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of the price at which
  the options may be exercised.</TD>
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      <TD>An assumed price of $24.00 per share, which on November&nbsp;8, 2005 was determined to be the
  initial public offering price of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock is set forth solely for
  purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and has been used only
  for those shares without a fixed exercise price.</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
  
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;1. <U>Plan Information</U>.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
  employees, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and
  regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) and the
  instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
  this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;2. <U>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be sent or given to
  employees, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b). In accordance with the rules and
  regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
  with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement:
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Prospectus as filed on November&nbsp;9, 2005 pursuant to Rule
  424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;);</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December
  31, 2004; and</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>The section entitled &#147;Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered&#148; contained in
  the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), on November&nbsp;1, 2005,
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
  such description.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of this Registration Statement
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
  indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities
  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities.</U>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant&#146;s charter and bylaws provide for
  indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they
  may incur in such capacities. In general, the Registrant will indemnify its directors and officers
  with respect to actions taken by them in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or
  not opposed to, the Registrant&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. Reference
  is made to the Registrant&#146;s charter and bylaws filed as Exhibits 3.2 and 3.3 to this Registration
  Statement, respectively.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is party to an underwriting agreement which provides that the underwriters are
  obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers and
  controlling persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
  Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-126907).
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors that
  also provide for such indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement. These agreements
  require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against liabilities that may arise by reason of
  their status or service as officers and directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a
  result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. In addition, the
  Registrant has an existing directors and officers liability insurance policy to insure such persons
  against certain liabilities.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption From Registration Claimed</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate Incorporation of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (to be effective upon the
  completion of the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering) (filed
  as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 (File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-126907) and incorporated herein by
  reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
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  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.3</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (No.&nbsp;333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Stock Certificate for shares of the Registrant&#146;s
  Common Stock (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (No.&nbsp;333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Shareholder Rights Agreement between the Registrant
  and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as the Rights Agent (filed as
  Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 (No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings.</U>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
  offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
  the effective Registration Statement;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
  Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
  contained
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
  thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes, that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
  to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
  be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
  expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in
  the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of
  Massachusetts, on November&nbsp;8,
  2005.
  </DIV>
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">iROBOT CORPORATION<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Colin M. Angle
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Colin M. Angle&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of iRobot Corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;),
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin M. Angle, Helen Greiner, Geoffrey P. Clear and Gerald
  C. Kent, Jr., and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and
  to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and
  all amendments to this Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to
  be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names
  and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
  November&nbsp;8, 2005:
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title(s)</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Helen Greiner
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Helen Greiner</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chairman of the Board</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Colin M. Angle
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Colin M. Angle</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Geoffrey P. Clear
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Geoffrey P. Clear</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer<BR>
  (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Gerald C. Kent, Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Vice President and Controller<BR>
  (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Ronald Chwang
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Ronald Chwang</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Jacques S. Gansler
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Jacques S. Gansler</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Rodney A. Brooks
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Rodney A. Brooks</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Andrea Geisser
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Andrea Geisser</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ George C. McNamee
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  George C. McNamee</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter Meekin
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Peter Meekin</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">
  Director</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate Incorporation of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (to be effective upon the
  completion of the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering) (filed
  as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 (File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-126907) and incorporated herein by
  reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">3.3</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 (No.&nbsp;333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Stock Certificate for shares of the Registrant&#146;s
  Common Stock (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (No.&nbsp;333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Shareholder Rights Agreement between the Registrant
  and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as the Rights Agent
  (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (No.&nbsp;333-126907) and incorporated herein
  by reference)</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
      <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2005
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  iROBOT CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  77-0259 335
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  iRobot Corporation
  63 South Avenue
  Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan
  Amended and Restated 2001 Special Stock Option Plan
  Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Colin M. Angle
  Chief Executive Officer
  iRobot Corporation
  63 South Avenue
  Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (781) 345-0200
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service.
  Copies to:
  Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.
  Edward A. King, Esq.
  Goodwin Procter LLP
  Exchange Place
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109
  (617) 570-1000
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Amount
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Each Class of Securities
  To Be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  To Be Registered
  Registered
  (1)
  Per Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share
  (including rights to acquire
  Series A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  377,710
  155,640
  1,200
  170,210
  171,685
  594,650
  547,910
  $0.0002
  $0.24
  $0.50
  $0.55
  $1.87
  $2.33
  $2.78
  $75.54
  (2)
  $37,353.60
  (2)
  $600.00
  (2)
  $93,615.50
  (2)
  $321,050.95
  (2)
  $1,385,534.50
  (2)
  $1,523,189.80
  (2)
  Amended and Restated 2001 Special
  Stock Option Plan
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share
  (including rights to acquire
  Series A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  146,524
  $2.33
  $341,400.92
  (2)
  Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option
  and Incentive Plan
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share
  (including rights to acquire
  Series A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  50,200
  151,800
  450,775
  138,375
  111,500
  46,500
  $2.78
  $4.60
  $4.96
  $5.66
  $14.54
  $16.32
  $139,556.00
  (2)
  $698,280.00
  (2)
  $2,235,844.00
  (2)
  $783,202.50
  (2)
  $1,621,210.00
  (2)
  $758,880.00
  (2)
  2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share
  (including rights to acquire
  Series A-1 junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our rights
  plan)
  86,625
  1,497,057
  $17.77
  $24.00
  $1,539,326.25
  (2)
  $35,929,368.00
  (3)
  Total
  4,698,361
  $47,408,487.56
  $
  5,580
  (1)
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such
  indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to eliminate any
  dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
  (2)
  Such shares are issuable upon exercise of outstanding options with fixed exercise prices.
  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), the
  aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of the price at which
  the options may be exercised.
  (3)
  An assumed price of $24.00 per share, which on November 8, 2005 was determined to be the
  initial public offering price of the Registrant's Common Stock is set forth solely for
  purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and has been used only
  for those shares without a fixed exercise price.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information
  .
  The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to
  employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and
  regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  ") and the
  instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
  this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  .
  The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to
  employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b). In accordance with the rules and
  regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed
  with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  .
  The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement:
  (a)
  The Registrant's Prospectus as filed on November 9, 2005 pursuant to Rule
  424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  ");
  (b)
  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December
  31, 2004; and
  (c)
  The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered" contained in
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange Act
  "), on November 1, 2005,
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
  such description.
  All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, on or after the date of this Registration Statement
  and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
  indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities
  then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
  -2-
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  .
  The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's charter and bylaws provide for
  indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they
  may incur in such capacities. In general, the Registrant will indemnify its directors and officers
  with respect to actions taken by them in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or
  not opposed to, the Registrant's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. Reference
  is made to the Registrant's charter and bylaws filed as Exhibits 3.2 and 3.3 to this Registration
  Statement, respectively.
  The Registrant is party to an underwriting agreement which provides that the underwriters are
  obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify the Registrant's directors, officers and
  controlling persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
  Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-126907).
  The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors that
  also provide for such indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement. These agreements
  require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against liabilities that may arise by reason of
  their status or service as officers and directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a
  result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. In addition, the
  Registrant has an existing directors and officers liability insurance policy to insure such persons
  against certain liabilities.
  Item 7.
  Exemption From Registration Claimed
  .
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  3.1
  Form of Amended and Restated Certificate Incorporation of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  3.2
  Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (to be effective upon the
  completion of the Registrant's initial public offering) (filed
  as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 (File No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by
  reference)
  -3-
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  3.3
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.1
  Specimen Stock Certificate for shares of the Registrant's
  Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2
  Form of Shareholder Rights Agreement between the Registrant
  and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as the Rights Agent (filed as
  Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 (No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)
  5.1
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
  price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
  the effective Registration Statement;
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  provided
  ,
  however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
  Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
  contained
  -4-
  in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
  statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
  offering.
  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes, that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
  to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
  be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
  of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
  expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in
  the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
  Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
  governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  -5-
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of
  Massachusetts, on November 8,
  2005.
  iROBOT CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Colin M. Angle
  Colin M. Angle
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of iRobot Corporation (the "
  Company
  "),
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin M. Angle, Helen Greiner, Geoffrey P. Clear and Gerald
  C. Kent, Jr., and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and
  to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and
  all amendments to this Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to
  be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names
  and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
  November 8, 2005:
  Signature
  Title(s)
  /s/ Helen Greiner
  Helen Greiner
  Chairman of the Board
  /s/ Colin M. Angle
  Colin M. Angle
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Geoffrey P. Clear
  Geoffrey P. Clear
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
  Treasurer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
  Vice President and Controller
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Ronald Chwang
  Ronald Chwang
  Director
  /s/ Jacques S. Gansler
  Jacques S. Gansler
  Director
  /s/ Rodney A. Brooks
  Rodney A. Brooks
  Director
  /s/ Andrea Geisser
  Andrea Geisser
  Director
  /s/ George C. McNamee
  George C. McNamee
  Director
  /s/ Peter Meekin
  Peter Meekin
  Director
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  3.1
  Form of Amended and Restated Certificate Incorporation of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  3.2
  Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (to be effective upon the
  completion of the Registrant's initial public offering) (filed
  as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 (File No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by
  reference)
  3.3
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 (No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.1
  Specimen Stock Certificate for shares of the Registrant's
  Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-126907) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2
  Form of Shareholder Rights Agreement between the Registrant
  and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as the Rights Agent
  (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-126907) and incorporated herein
  by reference)
  5.1
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)