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 ...

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 ...

The new Roomba is here, iRobot announced this week. And while the Roomba 980, which went on sale September 17, has a lot of interesting tech upgrades, they all point to one immutable fact: The ...

iRobot, creators of the popular Roomba automated vacuum cleaners, have today announced their brand-new, model of next generation robot vacuums with the Roomba j7+. However, that's not all, the ...

Your Roomba may be vacuuming up more than you think. High-end models of Roomba, iRobot’s robotic vacuum, collect data as they clean, identifying the locations of your walls and furniture. This helps ...

The company behind the Roomba vacuum, IRobot Corp., has grand plans for its robot cleaners. Two Roomba models — the 960 and 980 — map the interiors of homes to more efficiently hoover up dust and dirt ...

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 ...

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 CEO Colin Angle has been repeating for some time now that the next step in the evolution of the company’s hit Roomba vacuum is becoming a connective tissue for the smart home. This morning’s ...

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 ...