Robots · Consumer
Roomba
A consumer robot vacuum that autonomously cleans home floors.
- Maker
- iRobot
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Consumer
- Status
- Mass-market consumer product
- Mobility
- Wheeled differential-drive base
- Autonomy
- Autonomous within the home
- Actuators
- Drive wheels and cleaning brushes/vacuum
- Onboard compute
- Onboard mapping and navigation processor
- AI models
- SLAM-based mapping; obstacle and dirt detection on higher models
- Perception
- Home mapping and obstacle recognition
- Control
- Coverage path planning across mapped rooms
Sensors
Cameras and/or LiDAR (model dependent)Cliff and bump sensors
Use cases
- Home floor cleaning
- Scheduled autonomous vacuuming
Limitations
- Single-purpose; limited to floor cleaning
- Privacy considerations for camera-equipped models
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