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Yes but you are not asking them to also buy a 10k USD lidar scanner to map their homes. The core of the argument is: you're already selling an expensive robot,
by _diyar 2y ago
Yes but you are not asking them to also buy a 10k USD lidar scanner to map their homes.
The core of the argument is: you're already selling an expensive robot, don't force your customers to buy a second expensive thing.
- doctorpangloss 2y agoWhat kind of furniture lets the robot vacuum under it and around its legs in the place it typically goes? What apartments and homes are large enough to have a robot-width distance between walls, corners and everything that is on the floor? How much do you think Ligne Roset sofas cost? And at $1,000/sqft, surely a lidar can be cheap in comparison. You're kind of proving my point of how off the mark iRobot is.
- michaelt 2y ago> What kind of furniture lets the robot vacuum under it and around its legs in the place it typically goes? What apartments and homes are large enough to have a robot-width distance between walls, corners and everything that is on the floor? This isn't actually a problem. If the robot vacuum cleaner is 10cm high, any furniture where the gap below it is <9cm the robot will detect with its bump sensor and avoid. Any furniture where the gap is >11cm high, the robot will clean under no problem. The only problem is furniture with a gap in the 9-11cm range. For that you can either buy a different sized robot, or raise or lower the furniture. Of course you'll have to avoid leaving trailing cables on the floor - but that makes your home neater anyway, so no problem. You can buy a Lidar robot if you want, of course - the classic random-driving-around Roomba is very much a product of its time.
- victorbjorklund 2y agoI have a coffee table my vaccum robot goes under. It also manages to go under the sink in the bathroom.