iRobot, the maker of the Roomba home cleaning robot, has launched a new software update that removes some of the automation it has built into the robot and puts more control into the hands of users, according to a report from IEEE Spectrum. The change means that users can set up Roombas to clean specific areas at specific times–as opposed to the robot charting its own course around homes–using...
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