Dueling Fools: iRobot

Around the home -- and around the world -- iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT  ) is always on the move. The company behind the Roomba and Scooba robotic floor cleaners is also a force in the military, providing U.S. troops with tactical mobile robots deployed on the battlefront to minimize human casualties. The shares were also recently recommended by the Motley Fool Rule Breakers growth-stock newsletter service.

Even though most can agree that iRobot is pretty cool -- earlier this month, the PackBot was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame -- that doesn't mean it's also a cool investment.

The company had a successful IPO late last year but went on to disappoint the market with its first quarterly report as a public company.

So what's the deal with iRobot? Will tomorrow's technology reward investors today? Not all Fools agree. I think the company is too brainy to blow it, while Rich Smith isn't convinced that iRobot's geek squad will save the day.

Does iRobot belong in your portfolio? That's what this week's Duel is all about.

Duel on!

• Read the bull argument
• Read the bear argument
• Read the bullish rebuttal
• Read the bearish rebuttal
• Vote for the winner