In light of today's news that Amazon is planning on acquiring Roomba, Gizmodo (and Reuters[0]) talked about the big tech giants wanting to get Roomba for mappin

In light of today's news that Amazon is planning on acquiring Roomba, Gizmodo (and Reuters[0]) talked about the big tech giants wanting to get Roomba for mapping your house. See also the discussion in this HN thread[1] [0]: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-irobot-strategy-idUSKBN1A91A5?il=0 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-irobot-strategy-idUSKBN1A9... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354969