Microrobot UBOT due for US
Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 7:06PM 
The Korean made UBOT, by Microrobot, is about to hit American shores, kicking Roomba ass- the American iRobot company who built the robotic vacuum market here in the US, better act fast if it doesn’t want the foreign competition to eat its lunch. The UBOT cleaning robot sweeps, then vacuums, then mops, all in one robotic apparatus (Estimated cost, $700US).
The UBOT is quite a bit larger than a Roomba, as well. Though iRobot calls the Roomba a vacuuming robot, technically it only sweeps- it does not produce suction, the UBOT does. iRobot’s new Scooba is a mopper. The top end Roomba model sells for $350, while the top of the line Scooba is $400.
Look to see more house chore robot competitors hit the market in the next year, including laundry folding robots.
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