+Style, a robot vacuum cleaner that does not come close to pet excrement, is on sale Recognizing objects with a twin-lens camera and AI

Plus Style, which operates the e-commerce site “+Style” specializing in smart home appliances, announced on September 8th that it uses a twin-lens camera and AI to recognize and avoid objects on the floor. The machine "Roborock S6 MaxV" was announced. It will be sold at +Style and Amazon stores from September 11th. The price is 87,880 yen. A campaign price of 5,000 yen will be applied until the end of September.

A robot vacuum cleaner developed and manufactured by Beijing Roborock Technology, a specialized manufacturer in China. Inspired by a compound eye camera on a smartphone, we arranged two cameras in front of the robot. Like the human eye, it can perceive surrounding objects three-dimensionally.

Image recognition AI determines the type of object based on the camera image and reflects it in avoidance behavior. For example, safe items such as shoes are cleaned as close as possible, but pet excrement is safely avoided by keeping a distance of 10 cm or more. At the time of shipment, it can distinguish eight types of objects such as power cables, power taps, shoes, and pet excrement. "From time to time, software updates will increase the types of objects that can be recognized."

Indoor mapping (mapping) uses LDS (laser light phase difference distance sensor). The CPU is Qualcomm's "APQ8053", and "By adopting an 8-core CPU, it has become possible to implement more precise movements and new functions than ever before."

With the dedicated app, objects recognized by the robot can be displayed as icons or photos on the floor plan. In addition, it is also possible to set a no-entry area (virtual wall) while looking at the floor plan, or specify the order of rooms to be cleaned.

Plus Style also announced that it will provide a function to change the voice guidance and eight types of additional voices for some models for Japan, including the Roborock S6 MaxV. Additional voices include five different dialects from four regions, including Kyoto dialect (female), as well as "anime voices" for male butlers and children.

"Voice guidance is a completely meaningless function for a vacuum cleaner. However, unlike conventional home appliances, there are people who seek healing and treat robot vacuum cleaners as a member of the family. As a function, we would like to add more variations in the future.” In the future, Roborock's official SNS will be used to solicit "voices to be added" from users.