The Low Cost Evolution of AI in Domestic Floor Cleaning Robots

'80s were equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and artificial The cleaning robots introduced during the 1990s were based on lessons learned. They came with less computational power and cheaper sensors. The first Roomba followed a very simple but effective principle: random traversal of the environment while bouncing back from walls, similar to a cue ball hitting a rail. Although this reactive behavior could not deliver guarantees on completeness, it offered a good compromise between functionality and price that satisfied people all over the world. More than 15 million of these robots have been sold.