A new series adapted to the living environment of Japan to the robot vacuum cleaner "Rumba", released from October

Robot vacuum cleaner "Rumba" that appeared in 2002. As we have been updating the version every year, the 500 series which was released in 2007 is now established as a standard, but it became clear that 700 series adapted to the newly residential environment of Japan appeared It was.

This was done on 14th September "I Robot Rumba 700 series recital"The new series will be released in October and it is said to be released.


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Belsar Akihabara who became the venue



In the opening movie, as far as the history of the rumba, the aircraft of the past appeared one after another.







According to Takeo Kibata, president of Sales-on-Demand Co., Ltd., who is an agency in Japan for iRobot, at the time of release, "Robot Vacuum Cleaner" can not be understood by the user and only a small number of items can be sold There seems to be a day when one unit can not be sold in a day.


However, the robot vacuum cleaner now gains a good citizenship. From this October, it was decided to introduce the fourth-generation rumba to the market.


"Robots clean up over you, instead of you."


"High-speed response process installed iAdapt"


"Even clever, more politely."


"Robot vacuum cleaner has evolved to this point."


"Rumba 700 Series Cleaning Power Left Open"


It appeared in that, Kole is the Rumba 700 series.




Continued on the features of the Rumba 700 series, commentary was given from Yoshinari Nakanishi, product planning office. The following is the contents of the explanation by Mr. Nakanishi.



First of all, about i Robot company making rumba. I Robot company is a robot specialized company as it contains "robot" in name, thinking only about robots from morning till evening.


The corporate philosophy is "CHANGE THE WORLD ~ Robots change the world ~". Robots are now changing the world with robots, and I robots is trying to change the world further and more.


The product concept of i Robot is "3D". It took three initials of Dull (boredom), Dirty (unsanitary) and Dangerous (dangerous), "Man has not been born to do 3D work, let's make it a robot That 's it.


From Earth Robot Exploration Robot Jingis to Robot Vacuum Cleaner Rumba, I Robot is making various robots.


The core technology of i Robot is "artificial intelligence AWARE".


We are making robots for domestic, government and industries, but all of them are autonomous, robots that move on thinking on their own.


The most active of them is the Rumba series. More than 5 million units are sold in 50 countries around the world.


The concept of the newly introduced Rumba 700 series is "Cleverness. All over. politely. "Cleaning power left up"". Since it is a robot, it has no meaning unless it is completely trusted. Cleaning power of the Rumba 700 series is that for human being, more than human beings, always and always can be cleaned.


Even though we have acquired citizenship rights, there are various barriers that have not been disseminated. Because "Because the room is small, we can not use rumba" "Because there is little storage space, we put various things on the floor, so we can not use rumba" "The rumba does not move because there are many steps", " "Yes." "A round robot can not clean a corner, is not it?" "It is a belief that if you have a lot of furniture you will not enter and come out." It was Rumba 700 series that wiped out this.




"Clever", I judge the chair leg with a sensor and cleanly pursue without hesitation. "Kumanaku" is easy to enter under the bed and can easily come out. "Heavily", the same place runs on average four times and carefully cleaning. This is the cleaning power that this is entrusted to.


One of the core technologies is "iAdapt", a fast response process. And the other is "NEW 3 step cleaning system".



Originally Rumba is a sensor that incorporates various information and judges it, but iApapt will process this at high speed. If Artificial Intelligence AWARE is a brain, iApadt is a nervous system. This robotic vacuum cleaner had this nervous system immature. To tell this analogy is something like RoboCop. Think of the information I saw with artificial intelligence of Robocop, and start moving with Vienna ...... Gacha. However, this is lagging behind what I really need to do. Rumba 700 series is Astro Boy if you say it. Just like a human being, you can instantly judge and take action with a small turn. I think that this difference is required as a robot.


Traditional cleaning was "scooping", "kakkomu" and "SUITORU". "Kakomomu" and "SUITORU" are separate processes is inefficient, is not it more efficient if you suck up those you did not control? As a result, this time "Kikakomi" "Sitto", the second and third steps have been improved. This part is called "aerobics."

The edge cleaning brush scrapes out dirt from the corner, after which the large brush scrapes it and sucks it. "Why is not it like an ordinary vacuum cleaner or vacuum type vacuum cleaner?", The answer is NO. Brushing in the middle is working mainly in the cleaning power of the rubba. In a general vacuum cleaner, a strong suction motor takes in air, but the suction system of Rumba is an assistant to the last.


Cleaning that Rumba realized is the cleaning which AWARE brings. This is "thoroughly cleaning the same place four times on average". Originally, cleaning the room is something you have to do persistently. Those who have cleaned up with an adhesive roll, once they pass the roll, they will be "taken", but after that the garbage will follow even if you do rollers many times, "let's do more". Because garbage is jammed in the joints, it is no use at once. However, since Rumba is a robot, it will move forward to the ultimate goal of cleaning. Is not it a polite cleaning that people can not imitate?


This is an example of cleaning of the room. The red part is a place repeatedly cleaning many times. I go back and forth in the room like this and clean the same place tightly.


Regarding other new functions, these are all realized based on the opinions of users all over the world. Rumba is a product of i Robot as a product, but its evolution is leading by users all over the world.


A double garbage sensor, for example. In the past, only a piezo sensor was contained, but this sensor reacted mainly to trash like gravel mainly, but it did not respond to garbage such as cotton with a lot of Japanese garbage, but this time I am convinced that introduction of optical sensors using infrared lights has made it possible to clean more for Japanese families.



There are three types of lineup, but this difference is the difference in function and the color tone of the body. My house (Mr. Nakanishi's house) uses 770, but "Ruby black rumba" is very nice.


Although it came out earlier, the point which is clearly different between vacuum type vacuum cleaner and rumba is its power consumption. Rumba consumes 1 / 20th power compared to a vacuum cleaner. It is the difference how much power the suction motor is eating. And rumba operates for about an hour at about 1 hour, but the electricity cost by that is roughly 1 yen, you do not have to think about the running cost.


The evacuation of the vacuum type vacuum cleaner is somewhat "we are going". By sweeping, for example, I have raised pollen and mold spores. However, the rumba has less exhaust, and a slight exhaust is also clean with a dust cut filter.


Rumba is increasingly appealing as such a robot to release people from "3D" cleaning. I Robot Inc., Sales On Demand Co., Ltd. wants to push forward for it.


This is a detailed explanation by Ms. Nakanishi. Release about the release of the Rumba 700 series is here.

(PDF file) October 7, 2011 (Friday) Launch the new product Rumba 700 series

Continue, we will deliver the second half of the recital.

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