I wonder how it does against the Neato, that sadly seems to launch in the US first. They seem to have equally intelligent ways of mapping the rooms. I personally favor the Neato for the greater suction and getting rid of Virtual Walls.
Just by looking at the promo video of the Neato, you can tell the Samsung is way more intelligent. A laser that shoots horizontally across the floor will pick up every little changes and obstacles. A ceiling mounted visualization system (like that in the Samsung) has advantages in that the stuff on the ceiling rarely (unless intentionally) changes. Plus, this type of visualization will enable the robot to know where it is at at every moment. The Samsung knows where it stopped, before going back to the charger, and starts back up at the last place it finished. Therefore, no human interaction is needed.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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I wonder how it does against the Neato, that sadly seems to launch in the US first. They seem to have equally intelligent ways of mapping the rooms. I personally favor the Neato for the greater suction and getting rid of Virtual Walls.
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Just by looking at the promo video of the Neato, you can tell the Samsung is way more intelligent. A laser that shoots horizontally across the floor will pick up every little changes and obstacles. A ceiling mounted visualization system (like that in the Samsung) has advantages in that the stuff on the ceiling rarely (unless intentionally) changes. Plus, this type of visualization will enable the robot to know where it is at at every moment. The Samsung knows where it stopped, before going back to the charger, and starts back up at the last place it finished. Therefore, no human interaction is needed.