DJI’s new robovac can climb obstacles, vacuum quietly, and claims much improved privacy
DJI has launched the Romo 2 series of robot vacuums, featuring improved obstacle navigation and a new local-only data mode to address previous privacy concerns. The devices offer enhanced suction power and physical design improvements to better clean under furniture and cross small thresholds.
Why it matters
This release highlights the growing consumer demand for privacy-focused smart home devices and the evolution of robotics in domestic cleaning.
DJI has announced a second generation of its Romo robovac. The Romo 2 series is quieter, more powerful, and better at climbing over small steps and other obstacles. But more importantly for DJI, a new local-only data mode should go some way to reassuring anyone concerned by the first Romo’s serious security flaws.
There are actually two new Romo models, the transparent P2 and the opaque A2. Both benefit from improved navigation, apparently able to avoid cables and other obstacles as small as 2mm in size, as well as transparent objects like mirrors or glass. There’s also “human-like reasoning and concept transfer” that supposedly allows Romo 2 to learn from obstacles it’s encountered in the past and adapt to new objects it encounters.
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