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01.01.1970 //Evolution will let out robe- vacuum cleaner with the new system of navigation.
On exhibition Emerging Ventures Conference, which recently passed in the san jose (state of California, THE USA) company Evolution Robotics it declared about conducting of joint development with one of the most important producers of household equipment of the robotized robotized vacuum cleaner, reports CNET News. Robopylesos iRobot Roomba as one of the basic competitors of device appears vacuum cleaner Roomba from company iRobot. From the onset in sale in its 2002 acquired about two million people. According to representatives Evolution, a vital difference in the novelty from Roomba will be another system of navigation - NorthStar. Robot is equipped with the built-in sensors, which track the position of the infrared points on the floor of room, projected by external module. On these points it can be oriented in the space, even if owner moves vacuum cleaner or will unroll. The navigation system Roomba uses as the orientator of wall and other obstacles; therefore after a forced change in the position to device is required time to the restoration of the map of space. New robopylesos will appear in sale in the beginning of 2008. The contract to its production is only signed up to the present moment. Company Evolution does not deal with the development of finished robots, but only are created components of systems and software. By the way, the navigation system NorthStar is used in the analogous devices of other producers, for example, in robot eVac of company The Sharper Image. The created Evolution sensors adapt in robots Aibo and toys of company WowWee.