Roombas and iRobots are modern gadgets to help clean your house, but are they collecting data that could be sold to major companies? Many iRobots collect data about your house as they work, like where ...

Neato Robotic’s Botvac is no longer the only robot vacuum cleaner capable of mapping the rooms it’s assigned to clean. iRobot’s new Roomba 980 can now accomplish the same feat, albeit in a slightly ...

If you own a Roomba, it turns out your little robotic vacuum cleaner is scooping up more than one kind of dirt. As part of the way it navigates, your Roomba already maps your home. Now, the CEO plans ...

iRobot Corp. today announced that it has started rolling out its iRobot Genius 4.0 Home Intelligence software update to Wi-Fi connected Roomba robot vacuum and Braava jet robot mop customers. The ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More (Reuters) — The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The company that owns most of the robot vacuum market wants to sell the data the cleaning device collects when it maps your house. The latest Roomba has a camera to learn the lay of ...

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 ...