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Sucking up a recumbent smoker's ashes in a London living room, the RoboVac
- shown here in a photo-illustration - shuttles randomly around the area,
vacuuming everything in its path. Buildt by Karcher, a German appliance
company, the RoboVac monitors the level of dirt in the stream of incoming
air with its optical sensors - that is, it detects when an area especially
needs cleaning. When the RoboVac hits a grimy spot, the machine passes
back and forth over it until the incoming air is clean - and with it,
presumably, the floor.
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Origin
of Name
Company Name
Purpose
Facilitates cleaning duties in private households
Height
9.3 cm
Length
280 cm
Weight
1.4 kg
Sensors
Robot is still a prototype, therefore I can't give
you at the moment all the technical data
Person-Hours
to Develop Project
8-1/2 man-years for the hardware, 3-1/2 man-years
for software
Project Status
Market launch planned for January 2001
Information Source
Frank Schad |
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