Robot vacum cleaner could collect data about users’ homes

The maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum, iRobot, could collect data about the floor plans of customers’ homes.

iRobot's chief executive, Colin Angle, told Reuters that iRobot may begin selling floor plans of customers homes with Google, Amazon or Apple. The information would be sold to tech companies in a push to create "smart homes" controlled by a Internet-enabled devices, Reuters reported.