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You might be able to do it at that price for everything but the toilet. Instead of going big, the design I would use (after only thinking about it for 2-3 minut
by curt 16y ago
You might be able to do it at that price for everything but the toilet. Instead of going big, the design I would use (after only thinking about it for 2-3 minutes) would be to mimic an insect. Go really small and have it be able to adhere to the surface and clean as it went (tub, glass, floor, etc). Use a laser/camera to analyze the surface. The key would be to keep the center of gravity as close to the wall as possible.
On the large side, I would go with a pivoting telescopic arm with variable cleaning instruments. Use a counter weight to balance the robot.
- ph0rque 16y agoHow about a combination of the two? A telescopic arm positions its payload over the given cleaning target, and releases a small cleaning robot tethered on a string. The "spider" has the tech to minutely go over the surface of the target and clean it, while the arm has only the "macro" capabilities.
- SMrF 16y agoMaybe a few of these with a Roomba like strategy. Just walk around semi-randomly and clean as you go. Be able to identify non-cleanable surface like wall paper, etc. This would reduce the challenge to creating something that sticks to most surfaces and software plus laser/camera to identify surfaces. I've never seen a robot that just "sticks" to everything though...