{"id":6519,"date":"2026-09-04T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:24:00","slug":"irobot-roomba-duo-concept-robot-vacuum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6519","title":{"rendered":"iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. The two floor cleaners can move around your home together, with the main unit mopping and sweeping larger floor areas and the smaller unit lowering mechanically when needed to clean tighter spaces, such as under tables or in corners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Duo is also an autonomous mobile dock, with clean and dirty water tanks and a dust bag on board, and it uses lidar and camera-based navigation to map your home, navigate, detect obstacles, and look for dirt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The main vacuum is the most powerful iRobot has made, according to iRobot\u2019s Adam Pope, and is more comparable capability-wise to an upright vacuum. It can also steam-mop with a large roller mop using 46 newtons of downward pressure. The Duo can also clean up solid messes \u2014 I watched a demo where it sucked up pasta from a carpet, and proceeded to wash the carpet. Pope said it\u2019s the most powerful vacuum the company has made. (We have a video coming, check back soon!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The smaller unit is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/8836598\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.irobot.com\/en_US\/roomba-plus-575-combo\/R285220.html\" rel=\"sponsored\">the Roomba Plus 757<\/a>, which sits on top and is deployed by a mechanical arm that lowers it to clean spaces the main unit can\u2019t reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">iRobot\u2019s new CEO, Hao Li, presented the Duo, saying the innovation proved, \u201cThe future of floor care has a familiar name.\u201d Hao Li is from iRobot\u2019s parent company, Picea, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/844474\/who-is-picea-robotics-company-owns-irobot\">purchased iRobot<\/a> out of bankruptcy earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Roomba Duo is certainly a new approach for a consumer home robot. However, it resembles the commercial cleaning bots you might see in hotels or malls (minus the extra robot on top), and doesn\u2019t feel like a good fit for a home. But if you already have a robot vacuum, a stick vac, a carpet cleaner, and a floor washing device, the Duo would combine everything into one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The mechanical raising and lowering worked well in the demos I saw. It looked smooth and was relatively fast. It resembled the mechanism on iRobot\u2019s first robot vacuum mop, the J7 Combo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23489768\/irobot-roomba-combo-j7-plus-robot-vacuum-mop-review\">which lowered its mop down when needed<\/a>. Only this is on a much larger scale. I do have concerns about long-term durability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">As a concept bot, the Roomba Duo has no price or release date, and I wasn\u2019t allowed to touch it or look inside. Several engineers from Picea were babysitting the device, and it required two people to carry it back and forth from the demo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I wasn\u2019t able to get a full run down of specs, as exact details of how it will operate are still being developed. Pope said they plan to consider feedback they get as they continue to develop the device.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Photos by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy \/ The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/990045\/irobot-roomba-duo-concept-robot-vacuum\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. 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