As some robot vacuums suck up dirt and hair off your floors, they also use a combination of software and hardware to create a map of the room, allowing for more efficient cleaning. The technology ...

Earlier this week, iRobot, the makers of the popular Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners, was said to have plans to sell the mapping data of users' homes collected by the devices to third-party companies.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. iRobot’s excellent, more affordable Roomba i3 robot vacuum received a firmware update this week that gives it new ...

iRobot, the maker of Roomba vacuums, wants to sell mapping data from inside your home to Amazon, Apple, or Google, for the next frontier -- the smart home. Speaking to Reuters, CEO Colin Angle said ...