Japanese conglomerates Fuji Heavy Industries, Sumitomo and Subaru are developing a new robot [JP, PDF] that’s able to clean office buildings autonomously. The yet to be named robot (pictured on the left) is sized at just 50x45x80cm, meaning it’s able to maneuver even along narrow paths. Its functions include vacuuming the floors and picking up garbage.
The robot weighs 95kg and is powered by a 24V battery that has a battery life of 2.5 hours. It can travel as fast as 30 meters per minute, avoiding obstacles along the way through built-in sensors and a laser system. The cleaning robot you see on the right of the picture is an earlier model from last year.
The companies plan to commercialize the new robot by the end of next year. It will then likely be priced at between $35,000 and $46,000, with the companies hoping to sell 50 units in the first twelve months.
Hope it’s all-wheel drive…then it wouldn’t be a true Subaru…
It will be useful one for very large organizations where deep cleaning is not possible always and requires more human effort.
It will be useful one for very large organizations where deep cleaning is not every time possible and requires more human effort.
The device is needful for next generation. But I think weight is 95 k.g. is much more.
If the company provide human interaction with this device than it is good for commercial.
-Jaydeep Kacha