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Roombas just got a new contest from Japan: Toshiba announced [JP] new cleaning robot today, so-called Smarbo (which is probably short for "Intelligent robot"). Like his colleague from the United States, Toshiba robot is primarily intended for use in households.
Toshiba built quite a few features in the robot, such as two CPUs (unknown details) 38 set, cameras and sensors (gyroscopes, acceleration, range detection, etc.). The company said Smarbo clears the area in about 90 minutes 100sqm and that the cost of electricity in just 2 yen ($ 0.03) per room of this size.
Just like the Roomba Smarbo bypasses objects in its vicinity and returns its charging station automatically after it is done. Buyers can be programmed Smarbo in a certain way. For example, if they want a small area within the framework of the thoroughly cleaned room, they can select spot mode "do the robot terms only 1.5 × 1.5 m square and then return to charging station (see below).
Smarbo has 355 × 355 × 93 mm, weight-3, 7 kg and works at 52dB.
Toshiba plans to start selling in Japan (where the Roomba is available too, incidentally) 1 October for $1175 (including remote control and charging station).
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