Roomba 980 robot smarter

Roomba 980 robot smarter
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With any first-generation Wi-Fi connected product, you have to ask whether there are potential security issues. iRobot appears to have taken security seriously to avoid a hackable camera-equipped robot tooling around your house.
According to the company, the company designed the Roomba 980 to firewall its personally identifying information away from its Wi-Fi radio, and hired hackers to try to infiltrate data from its new models. “At this point, all of the information that the robot takes and uses making the maps is firewalled off on the robot and has no access to the radios,” iRobot CEO Colin Angle told Fortune.
Future-proofed
Unlike previous Roombas, the 980 with battery like iRobot 4978 Battery, iRobot iTouchless AV001A Battery, iRobot iTouchless AV002A Battery, iRobot Roomba 400 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4000 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4100 Battery, iRobot Roomba 4210 Battery, iRobot Roomba 5210 Battery, iRobot Roomba Dirt Dog Battery, iRobot Roomba Intelligent Robotic M-288 Battery, iRobot Roomba Pro Elite Battery, iRobot Roomba Scheduler Batterycan update its software over the Internet through your Wi-Fi network, which means that iRobot could add features to its robot after it’s been purchased.
The Roomba 980 uses its camera to make a map of your home, and there are applications for that data which could make it the glue that keeps your smart home together. iRobot is investigating how to share the mapping data with other smart products. For example, according to Angle, iRobot can integrate the Roomba 980’s mapping system with, say, a certain brand of connected light bulbs. This could create a system where users can help configure connected light bulbs based on which room they’re in thanks to Roomba’s mapping data. “What we launched with Roomba 980 is a major entrance into the Internet of things,” Angle says. While potential uses for the data could be game changing, iRobot still wants to take it slow and ensure when it does start sharing mapping data with other companies to automate your home, that it has its permission from its users.
“You’d want people to say, ‘use my Roomba data for light bulbs,’” Angle says. Although iRobot is keeping quiet on smart home integration for now, it’s very much in the company’s roadmap, and at the moment, the Roomba 980 is the only model up for the job.
Is it worth the price?
For the first time, you can give your Roomba 980 a name, through its app, humanizing the little robotic servant cleaning your filthy floors. It’s also handy for households with multiple Roombas that need to keep them straight.
For most people, the Roomba 980 is overkill. There are other, less expensive Roombas that can clean just as well, even if they’re not quite as smart. But if you’re invested in the smart home, or simply want the most future-proof Roomba, the Roomba 980 is worth the price.