iRobot Roomba i7+: the newest vacuum remembers the floor plan of your home and empties itself

The newest mammal iRobot Roomba i7+ differs from its predecessors in that it has self-cleaning function and yes you are remember the floor plan of your home.

It is particularly useful automatic discharge function. The i7+ does not put the dirt in the bag after cleaning. The waste is processed and stored in a special room, which is sufficient for the contents of approx 30 bags. If the vacuum system is going to work as expected, you will need to empty the robot every few weeks.

The robot adapts to the arrangement of furniture in your home. With help odometry and low resolution cameras creates plan of each room. Users can via Roomba smartphone apps they mark the names of the different rooms on the floor plan and decide how often they should be vacuumed. Instructions can be given to the robot through digital assistants such as Alexa or Google Assistant.

Colin Angle, general manager of the company iRobot, he assured the public, among other things, that in the future the plan will be able to be shared with other electronic devices. In this way, you will be able to control all elements of the smart home by voice.

A copy of the floor plan will be automatically saved in the cloud after connecting to the home wireless network. A cheaper robot will be available for buyers who do not want a robot to create a plan of their home for security reasons Roomba e5. This does not include a self-cleaning function. Just like its more powerful sibling, it can be controlled via Wi-Fi or a digital assistant. Both robots also have new ones rubber brushes, which are intended for work on parquet and hard surfaces.

For the model i7+ with the charging station must be deducted 949 US dollars respectively 821 euros, while e5 it costs 449 US dollars respectively 388 euros. The product will be available on the mass market in the first quarter of next year.

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