Roomba maker may share maps of users' homes with Google, Amazon or Apple

iRobot's chief executive says company could share or sell maps of robot vacuum users' homes to US tech firms as part of smart home and profit push

The maker of the Roomba robotic vacuum, iRobot, has found itself embroiled in a privacy row after its chief executive suggested it may begin selling floor plans of customers' homes, derived from the movement data of their autonomous servants.

"There's an entire ecosystem of things and services that the smart home can deliver once you have a rich map of the home that the user has allowed to be shared," said Colin Angle, iRobot's boss.