Zowi the robot

Der kleine Roboter Zowi soll Kinder spielerisch an die Robotik heranführen und ist daher auch out of the box benutzbar.
Am Anfang kann er zwar nur ein Bewegungen, dies kann aber jedes Kind nach seinen Bedürfnissen erweitern und anpassen.
Zovi ist über eine Android App steuerbar und kann zerlegt und wieder zusammengebaut werden.

„A friendly robot that’s ready to play and discover the world. We’ve created it to help you learn about robotics in a fun way.

When you take it out of the box, it already knows how to do a few things, but it wants you to teach it a whole lot more.

Download the Zowi App and discover all the games, take Zowi apart to learn how it works, or program it to teach it new skills.

The more you play, the more functions will be unlocked!!

– See more at: http://zowi.bq.com/en/what-is-zowi/#sthash.YdN9m9wJ.dpuf“

http://zowi.bq.com/en/what-is-zowi/

Roomba 880

Our Roomba 520 did a good job for over 4 years now. It still uses the first battery and performs quite well with it.

The only feature I’m missing is time scheduled cleaning. A convenience feature nothing more but nothing less even.

I would not give up the comfort of a Roomba according to my experience with the 520, bought just for testing its potentialities but convinced better than ever expected.

iRobot has a new vacuum cleaning robot, the Roomba 880 with its new cleaning technology ‚AeroForce Extractor‘.

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http://www.irobot.de/shop/shop/Roomba/800-reihe/irobot-roomba-880-staubsaugerroboter

This should pick up to 50% more dirt according to iRobot.

The brush rotors are replaced with brushless ones, which shall reduce the maintenance needed to remove things like hair.

Especially pet owners will appreciate this faculty.

Actual price in Germany is about 720 €.

A very detailed test and report can be found on The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/12/5094052/irobot-roomba-880-vacuum-cleaning-robot-announced-maintenance-free