December 13, 2007 Known for an array of intelligent machines from home helpers to military aides, iRobot has just announced an upgrade to its PackBot with the addition of a Mapping Kit. They new ...

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 ...

The Genius 4.0 update brings smart-mapping capabilities to the Roomba i3 Series and new object recognition abilities to the Roomba j7 Series, among other fresh features. I'm PCMag's managing editor ...

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 ...

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 ...

The future for Roomba maker iRobot isn't in the sky; it's continuing to innovate on the ground. In a chat with iRobot CTO Paolo Pirjanian at the Engadget CES stage today, he dove into his vision for ...

While iRobot’s high-end robot vacuums like the s9 and j7 series are regarded widely as some of the best in the industry, the company’s mid-range offering doesn’t have the same stellar reputation ...

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 ...

A week ago Reuters published an interview with Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, the company that makes Roomba robot vacuum cleaners. Some of the Roomba models use a camera to create spatial maps of the ...

iRobot CEO Colin Angle has been talking about his company’s plans to map user homes with the Roomba for a while now, but a recently published Reuters interview has raised a number of new privacy ...