Smart Cities Roomba to Rule the Smart Home iRobot CEO Colin Angle says mapping data generated by the company’s robotic cleaners will finally make our homes intelligent. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-12-15T00:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Your Roomba Is Also Gathering Data about the Layout of Your Home The CEO of iRobot is pushing the company toward a broader vision of the smart home. It could soon sell maps of the interiors of people’s houses. by Michael Reilly 2017-07-25T17:40:00-04:00
Smart Cities A Roomba for Your Garden The inventor of the bestselling vacuum cleaner robot has created a bot that cuts weeds. by Elizabeth Woyke 2016-11-15T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence The Roomba Now Sees and Maps a Home iRobot is adding vision and mapping to its robot vacuum cleaners, and says its devices could eventually recognize and manipulate objects. by Will Knight 2015-09-16T16:30:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Your Retirement May Include a Robot Helper As industrial robots become more capable, they could start helping out around the home. by Will Knight 2014-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Three Questions for iRobot’s CTO Paolo Pirjanian The Roomba maker is working on technology that could enable robots to help with more household chores. by Tom Simonite 2014-04-14T16:41:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Cheaper Joints and Digits Bring the Robot Revolution Closer Efforts to build robot hands and humanoids more cheaply could make them affordable enough for businesses and even homes. by Tom Simonite 2014-04-04T00:00:00-04:00
Around MIT Herding Robots and Other "Multiagent Systems" A new system combines simple control programs to let fleets of robots collaborate. 2014-02-12T18:18:55-05:00
Intelligent Machines A Telepresence Machine to Watch the Kids or Visit Grandma Startup offers $995 remotely steered video-chat device for people to check up on kids and elderly relatives. by Tom Simonite 2014-01-15T11:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Warning: When Selling Domestic Drones, Mileage May Vary As the debate continues over drones in U.S. skies, other countries could show the way. by Jessica Leber 2013-03-22T09:42:13-04:00