Film editing was done by Richard Learoyd, Armen Minasian and William Hoy. The project was first acquired by Walt Disney Pictures for Bryan Singer to direct. Several years later, 20th Century Fox (which Disney acquired the studio as part of Disney’s acquisition of former parent 21st Century Fox in 2019) acquired the rights, and signed Alex Proyas as director.
While the company used to have a military division with robots for reconnaissance and bomb disposal, it sold that business in 2016 to focus on the smart home. “The beauty of iRobot Genius is that our robots get smarter over time and continuously provide customers with new ways to clean where, when and how they want,” said Keith Hartsfield, chief product officer at iRobot. IRobot has augmented its Roomba vacuums with Apple Siri voice commands as part of the new iRobot Genius 4.0 Home Intelligence software. Roomba already featured Alexa and Google Assistant connections and voice control, but the platform widens the options to encompass a Siri Shortcut integration native to the Roomba app. While Do Not Disturb is already available globally, the other features might take some time to reach all users.
Roomba also enabled Alexa Announcements, prompting the Alexa-enabled devices to tell owners about problems or when the vacuuming was complete. SharkNinja, a well-known marketer of home consumer products, has entered the American robotic vacuum market with a product that is priced to compete against shark cordless’s Roomba line of floor cleaners. Their new ION Robot navigates floors and carpets and docks and recharges automatically.
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It learns the layout of your space through smart navigation, and you can even ask it to spot clean specific areas through voice control. Siri is limited to a basic list of Roomba voice commands right now, allowing users to start and stop, pause and resume, and send home the robotic vacuum. Google Assistant and Alexa understand commands to clean specific rooms, by comparison. Future updates will give Siri comparable flexibility, including custom phrases picked by users. That said, the native integration means setting up Siri voice commands in the Home app doesn’t require the Apple Shortcuts app.