But that’s not the biggest surprise. iRobot finally adding lidar navigation and room mapping — a technology used by most competitors — is a huge change that should bring faster mapping and ...

LiDAR (an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging) refers to a collection of laser pointers that scan its surroundings multiple times per second to draw an internal map of each room (and ...

But a lidar scanner can be affixed to craft that fly for other purposes, such as police or paramedic helicopters. The team started with a scan of Dublin’s city center. Future flights are ...

All I had to do was follow the app’s instructions and hold the phone in front of me as I started walking through every room in our apartment. Honestly, this was a lot of fun. The quality of the scan ...