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08-31-2016, 03:50 PM
Xiaomi just released a Roomba competitor at a fraction of the price
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Xiaomi just added a**ther home appliance to its growing line-up of smart home gadgets.
This time, it's a Roomba-like robotic vacuum cleaner, called the Mi Robot Vacuum. Like others on the market, the disc-like gadget promises to slide around the house picking up dirt, but it comes with a set of impressively advanced sensing systems that could make it a lot better than the rest at detecting its surroundings.
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SEE ALSO: Xiaomi debuts feature-packed smartwatch for low-budget price (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/xiaomi-huami-amazfit-smartwatch/)
One of the vacuum's 12 sensors is a laser distance sensor that is able to scan 360 degrees around it, 1,800 times per second. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/xiaomi-roomba-killer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Xiaomi just added a**ther home appliance to its growing line-up of smart home gadgets.
This time, it's a Roomba-like robotic vacuum cleaner, called the Mi Robot Vacuum. Like others on the market, the disc-like gadget promises to slide around the house picking up dirt, but it comes with a set of impressively advanced sensing systems that could make it a lot better than the rest at detecting its surroundings.
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/PrMupaGOka_qjTD4mFSXFHrT_Ws=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F196034%2FMi_Robot_Vacuum_06.png
Image: xiaomi
SEE ALSO: Xiaomi debuts feature-packed smartwatch for low-budget price (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/xiaomi-huami-amazfit-smartwatch/)
One of the vacuum's 12 sensors is a laser distance sensor that is able to scan 360 degrees around it, 1,800 times per second. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/xiaomi-roomba-killer/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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