"There's an unspoken agreement we have with our current robot vacuums. They handle the mundane, everyday dust, and in return, we handle the sudden, chaotic messes ourselves. It's a decent partnership that keeps the floors generally tidy, but it always requires two separate tools and two different mindsets for cleaning. A startup named xLean, however, is proposing a radical new treaty at IFA 2025 with its debut TR1 robot. This device is engineered to be both your autonomous floor cleaner and, with a quick transformation,"
"That one-second switch from autonomous robot to handheld cleaner is the core of the entire experience. It's not a clumsy, multi-step process; an electric lock disengages the main unit, and you're ready to tackle a sudden mess. This dual-form design is the only way the robot can access its "Self-Evolving Intelligence." By using the RGB-D camera, green laser sensor, and motor encoders in handheld mode, the TR1 records your movements and habits."
xLean, a startup spun out of a robotics institute with staff from DJI and Roborock, developed the TR1 robot vacuum with a dual-form design. The TR1 converts in one second from an autonomous floor cleaner to a handheld device via an electric lock. In handheld mode its RGB-D camera, green laser sensor, and motor encoders record user movements and habits. The device applies Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) using anonymized, consented data to refine cleaning algorithms. The TR1 aims to learn human intent for spill cleanup so it can perform similar actions autonomously when returned to robot mode.
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