Mi Robot vacuum cleaner is real, here’s a video of it competing


We reported last week about an upcoming Xiaomi product, something Xiaomi haven’t done before — a vacuum cleaner robot. While these devices are quite the ‘in’ thing this season, it was quite surprising to see Xiaomi jump the gun.

Anyway, the Mi Robot is now more than just rumour. A video of the house-cleaning bot was found to have been posted (in China). The video shows the Mi Robot’s capabilities, specifically, capabilities compared to those of a competitor — the iRobot 800.

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Both vacuum cleaners are made to do the cleaning in an identical room, and (guess what) the Mi Robot comes on top. The bot covers a larger area than the iRobot 800, and does so in lesser time.

Xiaomi are expected to shake up the robot vacuum cleaning market a little with their launch. We reviewed one in the past, and these do seem like gadgets that will be around for a bit — perhaps more so than no-name $99 ‘hoverboards’.

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8 Comments

  1. ibonprofeno
    August 29, 2016

    Will it sport a Snapdragon 821 or a Mediatek helio X25? 13mp rear dual cameras or a single 21mp? And the most important thing: how far will it score on Antutu?

    • ?
      August 29, 2016

      And what about band 20?

    • Beloved Chairman Lei Jun
      August 30, 2016

      You’re so funny dear…

  2. ibonprofeno
    August 29, 2016

    Will it sport a Snapdragon 821 or a Mediatek helio X25? 13mp rear dual cameras or a single 21mp? And the most important thing: how far will it score on Antutu?

    • Guest
      August 29, 2016

      And what about band 20?

    • Beloved Chairman Lei Jun
      August 30, 2016

      You’re so funny dear…

  3. SoniC
    August 30, 2016

    I believe that this Vacuum-Robot needs an app to set some details up. (Most of the high-end / new robots have bluetooth and support apps).
    And as far as I know Xiaomi – they won’t release the app in English. That’s for me a clear no-go. Was the same with Xiaomi Mi Drone…. the app was only in chinese.

  4. SoniC
    August 30, 2016

    I believe that this Vacuum-Robot needs an app to set some details up. (Most of the high-end / new robots have bluetooth and support apps).
    And as far as I know Xiaomi – they won’t release the app in English. That’s for me a clear no-go. Was the same with Xiaomi Mi Drone…. the app was only in chinese.