Home Vacuum cleaning robots
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Introduction: Currently, there are many available home cleaning robots in the market. Each robot has its own strengths and weaknesses. I will give this exclusive chance to compare the products, to help the consumers differentiate between the robots and make their own choice.
I-robot Roomba
Roomba is currently the most popular cleaning robot
Price: Roomba Discovery: $249
Technology:
Using a front bumper sensor to detect obstacle
Dirt-detection: Using sound feedback. It is a very clever technology, when the dirt is sucked into the box, depends on the frequency of sound detected, the robot can interpret the dirt density. The robot can hear the dirt!!!
Automatically avoiding stairs, avoiding falling-off from high altitude using Infra-red sensors.
Home-base: When it's done cleaning or runs low on a charge it will reliably return to the charging base if it's in the same room.
Strengths: Dirt-detection, less noisy than conventional vacuum cleaner, good cleaning algorithm, can automatically return home to recharge
Weaknesses:
It will not be gently with your valuable furniture and pets because it will actual bump into them.
The robot has difficulty when cleaning on the carpet
Sharper Image eVac
Price: $199
Technology: Similar to Roomba
Strengths:
Cheaper than Roomba
Better cleaning power, thus noisier
Weaknesses:
It will not be gently with your valuable furniture and pets because it will actual bump into them.
The robot has difficulty when cleaning on the carpet
Very noisy as compared to Roomba
The robot doesn’t have a function to return to home base station
Applica Zoombot
Price: $99
Strengths:
Possibly the Cheapest Cleaning Robot available
Can avoid stairs but sometimes it is stuck which 1 wheel hanging in the air if we let it run on the table.
Weaknesses:
Run very slow
Poor functionalities
Bad cleaning power
Electrolux Trilobite
Price: $1,799
Technology: Using ultrasonar sensors to detect obstacles, so that the robot will not bump into your furniture. Thanks to these sensors, it can differentiate between the objects and your pets.
Magnets are everything to Trilobite: it uses magnetic strips for room containment, magnets in the base station that tell Trilobite where home is, and even magnets to hold the dust bin door shut. Electrolux warns that the vacuum may mistake a speaker lying on the floor for its base station since speakers use large magnets in their drivers. Trilobite took no interest in our large floor standing speakers, though.
Strengths: Trilobite has fantastic performance. It has excellent cleaning ability, especially with pets’ hair. It can clean nicely on carpet. It can go back the charging station when the batteries are running low. Trilobite has a user-friendly LCD.
Weaknesses: Very expensive. It is a high-end product after all.
Reference:
http://www.everydayrobots.com
Introduction: Currently, there are many available home cleaning robots in the market. Each robot has its own strengths and weaknesses. I will give this exclusive chance to compare the products, to help the consumers differentiate between the robots and make their own choice.
I-robot Roomba
Roomba is currently the most popular cleaning robot
Price: Roomba Discovery: $249
Technology:
Using a front bumper sensor to detect obstacle
Dirt-detection: Using sound feedback. It is a very clever technology, when the dirt is sucked into the box, depends on the frequency of sound detected, the robot can interpret the dirt density. The robot can hear the dirt!!!
Automatically avoiding stairs, avoiding falling-off from high altitude using Infra-red sensors.
Home-base: When it's done cleaning or runs low on a charge it will reliably return to the charging base if it's in the same room.
Strengths: Dirt-detection, less noisy than conventional vacuum cleaner, good cleaning algorithm, can automatically return home to recharge
Weaknesses:
It will not be gently with your valuable furniture and pets because it will actual bump into them.
The robot has difficulty when cleaning on the carpet
Sharper Image eVac
Price: $199
Technology: Similar to Roomba
Strengths:
Cheaper than Roomba
Better cleaning power, thus noisier
Weaknesses:
It will not be gently with your valuable furniture and pets because it will actual bump into them.
The robot has difficulty when cleaning on the carpet
Very noisy as compared to Roomba
The robot doesn’t have a function to return to home base station
Applica Zoombot
Price: $99
Strengths:
Possibly the Cheapest Cleaning Robot available
Can avoid stairs but sometimes it is stuck which 1 wheel hanging in the air if we let it run on the table.
Weaknesses:
Run very slow
Poor functionalities
Bad cleaning power
Electrolux Trilobite
Price: $1,799
Technology: Using ultrasonar sensors to detect obstacles, so that the robot will not bump into your furniture. Thanks to these sensors, it can differentiate between the objects and your pets.
Magnets are everything to Trilobite: it uses magnetic strips for room containment, magnets in the base station that tell Trilobite where home is, and even magnets to hold the dust bin door shut. Electrolux warns that the vacuum may mistake a speaker lying on the floor for its base station since speakers use large magnets in their drivers. Trilobite took no interest in our large floor standing speakers, though.
Strengths: Trilobite has fantastic performance. It has excellent cleaning ability, especially with pets’ hair. It can clean nicely on carpet. It can go back the charging station when the batteries are running low. Trilobite has a user-friendly LCD.
Weaknesses: Very expensive. It is a high-end product after all.
Reference:
http://www.everydayrobots.com
