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As announced previously, the Neato Robotics XV-11 is now available for pre-order at RobotShop. The first shipments of the XV-11 will begin in August. You can find it along its robot vacuum friends on the RobotShop catalogue.

The demand for these little smart vacuum cleaning robots will be very high, so it would be a very good idea to pre-order yours today.

Neato Robotics XV-11 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

The new Neato XV-11 Vacuum Cleaner includes revolutionary robotics intelligence that warranties this robot cleans the entire floor, carefully avoiding furniture, walls and other objects. The Neato Robotics XV-11 is designed to meticulously clean floors on a daily basis; ensuring owners enjoy neater, healthier homes and more free time for themselves. Using its laser-based Room Positioning System (RPS) Technology, the new robot vacuum cleaner has a 360-degree view of a room, allowing it to map the most efficient cleaning path by analyzing walls, furniture, doorways and other obstacles up to four meters away. It avoids most obstacles that other robots can only detect by impact. Once it outlines the designated area, the Neato XV-11 covers the perimeter first and then methodically cleans inside it using a back-and-forth pattern to ensure complete floor coverage.

- RobotShop Catalogue

Have a look at the video for further information on the robot’s cool features:

See the official press release.

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After some trepidations and delays, Neato Robotics has announced they are launching their new XV-11 spatially smart robot  vacuum on July 15th.  On this date, the robot will be available for preorder at various retail locations and will ship out in August 2010.

Neato Robotics XV-11

For those who do not remember this robot, it competes with its famous iRobot counterpart and features advanced mapping capabilities for systematically cleaning a room.

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Here’s a demo of the MSI vacuum robot at Computex 2010 which is currently being held in Taipei (Taiwan) from June 1 to 5, 2010.

The Taiwanese computer and component manufacturer, Micro-Star International (MSI), is coming with a new line of vacuum robots which will compete with Roomba, Samsung Navibot and Neato Robotics.

Only very few details have leaked out so far but this new vacuum should come in 3 models:

- standard M800 Smart: it can work for 110 minutes and recharges in 4 hours – R500 Slim – R1300 Security: comes with a movement sensor and wireless video camera connected to the internet.

The 3 models recharge themselves autonomously.

According to Engadget, MSI’s cleaning robots should come out in early 2011 at prices ranging from 150 to 600 dollars.

($150 for the R500 model, $450 for the M800 and $600 for the R1300.)

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Robot Stock News says that they have tried to order the highly anticipated Neato Robotics robot vacuum cleaner but its launch seems to be delayed.

The Neato Robotics is a very promising intelligent vacuum cleaner that will directly compete with Roomba by iRobot.

RSN tried to pre-order the product but its website gave the following message: “available this summer“.

Neato was to be launched in the United States in January or February.

It looks like we will have to wait another few months. We hope that this new futuristic vacuum cleaner will be launched soon.

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Adopt a robot assistant into the household!

TheRobotics Research Institute at the University of Tokyo (Tokyo University’s IRT) has developed a robot that can assist you in your daily domestic tasks.

The IRT is financed by big companies like Toyota, Olympus, SEGA, Toppan, Fujitsu, Panasonic and Mitsubishi.

The prototype measures 5 ft in height, weighs 287 lbs and has 32 degrees of freedom.

Currently, the robot can clean the floor, clear the table, collect things to put them in the garbage or even put them back where they go, collect your dirty laundry and put it in the washing machine.

It is equipped with 6 wheels, a battery that lasts up to 1 hour, 5 cameras on its head, a laser and ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles.

The prototype is equipped with SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) like the long-awaited Neato.

This is still just a project for IRT because isn’t looking to market this robot for mass production for another 10 to 15 years. This everyday companion will cost around $10,000 U.S., but by then considerable progress and lower costs will surely have been reached.

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