Roombas Will Soon Build a Wi-Fi Coverage Map While They Clean (techcrunch.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The feature is arriving later this month on the iRobot app, making it possible for WiFi-enabled Roombas to create a map of indoor signals. The map exists alongside the existing Clean Map feature, letting users toggle between the two, like they would, say, satellite and standard imagery in Google Maps. The maps themselves won't go into too much detail -- no upload and download speeds like you see on many mobile speed test apps. Instead, the information will show up as decibel readings. Really, it's intended as a handy way of showing off where you might want to toss a range extender, to help get rid of dead spots. All of Roomba's vacuums, save for the lowest-end model, will support the feature. The beta program launches January 23rd and appears to only be available for U.S. users.

Comments

Finally

[thegarbz]

This is exactly what I needed for all those times I use my laptop under the couch.

US Users Only, Please

[Anonymous Coward]

No pooftahs need apply

Only houses like we have in America...big, giant houses full of all sorts of cheap Chinese trash and trinkets, need a feature like this

I would also like a "Find My Cheeseburger" feature, so my roomba can keep track of where I set my cheeseburger down, rather than me wasting time and effort walking from room to room trying to find it.

When you're not at home

[Mr D from 63]

I came home the other day and caught my Roomba watching a video of an arduino plugging into a raspberry pi.

Re:Cat Scan

[ls671]

cat 5 or cat 6?