SLAM, or simultaneous localization and mapping, is a well-studied computational problem that involves updating an environment map while keeping track of an agent’s location. (Typically, said agent is ...

Is someone listening in to the signal from your wireless computer network, photographing your house or putting a detailed map of your neighborhood online for anyone to see? In a new initiative, ...

Roomba, the robotic vacuum, is gaining an indoor Wi-Fi mapping feature in its iRobot app later this month. The Wi-Fi Coverage map feature means Wi-Fi-enabled Roombas will be able to produce a map of ...

iRobot CEO Colin Angle has talked a lot about his company’s plans to make its popular robotic vacuum and integral part of the connected home. Honestly though, those plans have been pretty vague. Today ...

NetSpot is easily the best WiFi analyzer software for both Windows and Mac. It’s an industry standard that’s free to use. Alternatively, one can also look at inSSIDer, AirRadar 5, WiFi Explorer, and ...

I use airmagnet. I've trialed Ekahau and looked at Cisco's offering. When I looked into it, Metageek's Wi-Spy didn't offer heatmapping. It was a wireless analyzer and ...

It is now easier than ever to blanket your home from top to bottom with strong Wi-Fi but there can still be areas of low signal. The Roomba 900 series is going to help you hunt down Wi-Fi dead zones ...