We’re not saying iRobot was behind-the company has nearly 70 percent of the global robot vacuum market-just that it seemed that way that when people saw Roombas zigzagging all over a room and compared it to other vacuums that would do nice and neat straight lines, some would think that the Roombas weren’t as capable. In terms of sensors, iRobot has seemed a bit behind, with so many other robot vacuums coming out over the last several years with mapping and navigation capabilities. “S till round, still cleans, but it’s a completely new robot. “This is probably the most important robot that iRobot has launched since the original Roomba ,” said Colin Angle, CEO and co-founder of iRobot, at an event in New York City. The Roomba 980 is a pretty big deal for iRobot, and it’s a pleasant surprise to see so much new technology packed into one robot vacuum.
Today, iRobot is announcing the Roomba 980, which manages to cram everything new and amazing that we’ve been hoping for into one round little robot: Wi-Fi communication, remote control with a smartphone app, and (most importantly) VSLAM that allows the robot to navigate and vacuum larger spaces than before in satisfyingly straight lines. We’ve know this for enough of a while that it’s been a little bit frustrating to see iRobot’s most recent Roomba upgrades come out without those neat features.
We’ve known for a while now that iRobot has been developing robots with wireless integration along with intelligent navigation capability based on VSLAM (Vision Simultaneous Localization and Mapping).
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