Samsung revamped Ballie, its home robot companion, which failed to take off after being showcased at CES 2020. Ballie is a round smart home hub that can patrol your home using its built-in camera, and its built-in projector can project images on walls, floors, and ceilings. Ballie’s LiDAR capabilities can also create 3D layouts of the rooms in your home to use for Map View in the SmartThings app.
Ecovacs launched a new model of its window cleaning model that can reach new places. The Winbot W2 Omni comes with a portable station that carries a battery so you can use it to clean windows inside and out. The Winbot W2 Omni will be available in the second quarter of 2024.
Beabot is launching a new AquaSense Pro robot pool cleaner that can clean not only floors and walls but also the water surface and clarify water. It’s available for pre-order at $1,699.
Robot lawnmowers:
Aiper is expanding from robot pool cleaners to the yard by launching its first robot lawn mower. The Aiper Horizon U1 can mow up to 0.47 acres on one charge, allows for a wireless boundary setup, and multi-zone management.
Segway is also joining the robot lawn mower market with the Navimow i Series. The new robot lawn mower can cover 0.20 acres on a single charge, uses a virtual boundary for a wire-free setup, and is available now for $1,899.
Virtual boundaries are the trend: Ecovacs launched the Goat GX-600. Though known for its robot vacuums, Ecovacs’ new robot lawn mower leverages Deebot’s obstacle avoidance and navigation systems.
Like Ecovacs, Dreame is another robot vacuum maker diving into the robot mower market. The Dreame Roboticmower A1 can handle an up to 45-degree slope, mow up to 0.25 acres a day, and features 3D omnidirectional object avoidance and environmental sensing for accurate mapping.
