Last Friday, Lei Feng network broke news of millet sweeping robots, and then the news was confirmed, Xiaomi side issued a related poster, saying that at 4 pm on August 31st, the millet ecological chain 2016 autumn communication meeting will be held. The picture on the poster is a Pac-Man game image that matches the sweeping robot but there is no other information.
Just as everyone speculated about the performance of the millet's sweeping robots, there was another video of the comparison between the millet sweeping robot and the iRobot 880. In the video, the entire test was conducted around the comparison of the cleaning speed and sweep coverage of the Xiaomi robot and the iRobot 880. (The original video that was sent out has been encrypted. The video is reserved by users and the video is poked here.)
As can be seen from the video, the cleaning speed of the millet cleaning robot is faster, and the entire video has only 30 seconds of fast-release images. In the same environment, the millet cleaning robot took only 10 seconds to complete the cleaning of the entire house, and iRobot 880 did not complete until the end of the final video.
Comparison of Path Planning of iRobot 880 and Millet Sweeping Robots
In addition to sweeping speed, the planning of the millet sweeping robot and the iRobot 880 on the path is very different. The path of the millet sweeping robot is a bit like playing with snakes. The route is from the outside to the inside, and it is very orderly. The iRobot 880's route is like an art graffiti, and you never seem to know what its next move is. At the end of the video, the iRobot 880 has been constantly cleaning in the upper cubicle. Its cleaning density is higher than that of other locations. I wonder if this is because the place is too dirty to be heavily cleaned, or if the robot can't find it. To the way out...
iRobot is a leader in sweeping robots. Its products are generally mid-to-high end. The iRobot 880 used in this test is also a flagship product with a price of approximately RMB 3,000. In addition to the 880, iRobot also has some higher-end models, but the price is basically above 5,000.
For many users, sweeping robots still belong to an early adopter product, and high prices may deter some users. If this video is from Xiaomi or its supply chain manufacturer, then it can be guessed that the millet cleaning robot should be the product of the standard iRobot 880, and the price should be cheaper than it . Before Lei Fengwang said in the unveiling article, if millet has a sweeping robot with laser radar and SLAM algorithm that can automatically model the path finding, it will change the entire sweeping robot market. So, what kind of product will it be? Let's wait until the 31st.
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