Roombas are incredibly smart robot vacuums, but you'll need to connect them to your Wi-Fi network to enable the best features. Here's what you need to do.

Wondering just what smart mapping can do for your home when you get a vacuum robot like the iRobot Roomba? Here's how it works and how to use mapping.

Here at a gdgt event in New York City we happened upon iRobot's Roomba 790, which comes with a touchscreen remote for manually controlling where the bot goes.

The company said it has started rolling out its iRobot Genius 4.0 Home Intelligence software update to Wi-Fi connected Roomba robot vacuum and Braava jet robot mop customers.

According to iRobot, consumers can opt out of a Roomba vacuum cleaner's Wi-Fi connection in a few ways. Consumer Reports shares the details.