iRobot Introduces New Scooba 230
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 3 of January , 2011 at 4:26 am
We’ve been begging iRobot to come out with something new and different for years now, and with the success of the Neato XV-11 and the Mint Sweeper, they’ve kicked things up a notch (or two) with four new models: the Scooba 230, and Roomba 760 770 and 780. It’s probably no coincidence that CES starts on Tuesday, and we’re going to make sure to get some demos and an interview while we’re there. In the meantime, here’s the rundown on the new mini-Scooba, the 230, and there’s a video of it in action too.
-At 6.5″ in diameter and 3.5″ tall, it’s tiny, and much better at getting around bathrooms than a full size Scooba.
-Uses either regular water or a soap solution to wash, scrub, and then vacuum up the dirty water to clean your tile or sealed hardwood floors, just like a full-size Scooba. Clean and dirty water are kept separate.
-It’s got all the same navigation abilities as the rest of iRobot’s cleaning robots and can use virtual walls.
-Cleans in either a 20 or 45 minute cycle, depending on the size of the room, but offers ‘single button’ operation so I’m not sure yet whether that’s an automatic thing or not.
-The dirty water can be dumped out by holding the robot over the sink; fill it with clean water directly from a faucet. The brushes pop out for easy cleaning.
-Looks like there’s a dock of sorts, but it may not be self-docking or self-charging.
-$299, available this spring.
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Comment by replica oakley
Made Saturday, 20 of August , 2011 at 7:08 pm
the way it can make it through basically any sort of terrain, even things that would challenge conventional wheeled or tracked robots.
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Made Saturday, 20 of August , 2011 at 7:13 pm
even things that would challenge conventional wheeled or tracked robots.
