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iRobot is likely to collapse within 12 months. (www.theregister.com)
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Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant's takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.

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[–] endofline@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure somebody will buy the data iRobot robots collected during their cleaning time :-)

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how valuable that data even is, or to who. I figure the data consists of accumulated cleaning time, location, surface area which could be used to extrapolate some socio economic stats and offer insight how to best market these devices. And also technical data about the devices. Both of which I'd wager are probably useful to companies in the same business.

We'll see who buys them in a year :D

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 13 hours ago

Not just surface area, based on algorithms it can also determine type of appliances, furniture layout, routines, habits and a lot more when combined with other datasets.