AI function is added to the "Rumba" Irobot "Cleaning only around the sofa", "Cleaning after dinner", etc.

Irobot, which develops robot vacuum cleaners, etc., announced the IROBOT GENIUS Home Intelligence, a software update that has been called "the largest in history".It will provide a personalized cleaning experience that matches your personal lifestyle.The update will be distributed sequentially from the 26th.In addition, the update will be delivered every three months.

Irobot is the largest robot vacuum cleaner that celebrates its 30th anniversary.The total number of robots sold over 30 million units worldwide, selling 6.9 million robots as connected devices in cooperation with smartphone apps.

In Japan, a robot vacuum cleaner category share 77.1 %, in the vacuum cleaner category, "10 % or more" (Motomoto Motomino, President of Irobot Japan Executive Officer), 11 in the latest data..It seems to have a 1 % share.Rumba and Bravaba's household penetration rate is 6.Aiming at 6 %, aiming at a 10 % penetration rate in 2023.

This update will be distributed by the company's robot vacuum cleaner "Rumba" and the floor wiping robot "Brava", and "where (WHE), how to clean (WHEN), how to clean it."Ka" is provided by personalized.This says that robots will clean fine cleaning and sudden dirt.

"Where (WHERE)" detects the place to clean by the industry's first object recognition cleaning and partial cleaning area recognition function.Automatically detects specific furniture, such as sofa, tables, and chairs, by machine learning of robot AI.The pinpoint cleaning of "cleaning the sofa" is now possible.It is possible to manually set the cleaning area on the application, so that only the dirty areas can be partially cleaned, and you do not have to clean the entire room every time.By combining with the "prohibited area", more flexible control is possible.

"When (WHEN)" is equipped with a favorite function.You can easily set the place to clean by giving a name to multiple cleaning patterns.If you register as a favorite of "after dinner" and wash the dining table and the kitchen, just specify "After dinner" and clean the surrounding area with a rumba, and finally wipe it with Bravaba.can.

There is also a schedule proposal function, which detects patterns such as "Cleaning the living room on Friday night" and "vacuum a dining and kitchen after dinner on Sunday", and proposes it on the app to add it to the cleaning schedule.。In conjunction with home IoT equipment and apps, it is also possible to set up Bravaba when you leave the house.Currently, the country is linked to the "Life360", which is a position sharing app for children and family, and will be judged by smartphone location information.

In "How (How)", you can judge more personalized cleaning methods by learning by cleaning each time.Proposal to set to.The location information is suitable for the location and the local season, and the pollen, allergic season, pets, etc. will be informed, and it will also make a cleaning frequency of suggestions.

These new iRobot Genius settings can be operated from the renewed IROBOT HOME app.Voice control via a smart speaker such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa is also possible.

President Mitsuno pointed out that the current new colon virus has increased home time and the burden of housework has increased.Among them, the burden of cleaning is heavy, and this update appeals that "cleaning will be really left (robot)."

IROBOT GENIUS updates will be distributed automatically in the next two weeks.If it is an iOS device, it will be available from the 26th by installing the iRobot Home app from the App Store.