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Corporation iRobot on this week presented a new series of robopylesosov Roomba, reports agency Reuters. Two new models - Roomba 530 and Roomba 560 - are sold on price 250 and 399 US dollars, respectively.
To acquire them is possible on site iRobot, in Internet- store Amazon.com and in network Home Shopping. Both novelties are designed for the more continuous operation, more powerful and more "clever", than previous models. Among the improvements - new technology, which does not give to robopylesosu to be tangled in the wires, sensors, because of which the device lowers the speed with the approximation to walls, and also radios-beacon. According to representatives iRobot, the new vacuum cleaners Roomba 530 and Roomba 560 are capable of working on 45 minutes each day for three-five years. Soon company promises to represent the two additional new models of domestic robots. It is thus far very small information about these novelties.
It is known only that they will appear on 27 September, and that neither to wash hems nor to cut lawns nor to perform the role of steward will be able. First robopylesos Roomba was released almost five years ago. Since then company iRobot sold about these 2 million devices. During January of the present year on exhibition Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 company it represented the programmed robot iRobot Create. It is executed on the base of the platform of vacuum cleaner Roomba and is oriented to the students of technical universities, professional developers of robots, and also enthusiasts.
For iRobot Create be suitable the storage batteries, remote-control unit and other accessories from Roomba. Robot iRobot Create is also equipped with the collection of interfaces for the connection of the additional peripheral devices, for example, of different sensors or the cameras.