One robotic vacuum is attempting means too exhaust...

Robotic vacuums are having a really bizarre 12 months at CES 2025. We’ve seen robotic vacs that may and . Now, one other robotic vacuum maker is exhibiting off robotic vacuums that may zoom round with air purifiers, pill stands, safety cameras, tabletops and different objects on prime.

The SwitchBot K20+ Professional is a robotic vacuum that doubles as a modular platform for different family gadgets. The corporate describes it as a “multitasking” family assistant that may carry out a bunch of duties whereas possibly additionally cleansing your ground.

The vacuum itself largely resembles a typical robotic vac, if a bit bigger. It additionally has a connector on prime that helps a wide selection of attachments and even home equipment. The corporate says it might assist as much as 8 kg — practically 18 lbs — and can join seamlessly to different SwitchBot home equipment like an air air purifier or house safety cam. The SwitchBot vac can then be programmed to comply with you round or keep in a single spot.

At SwitchBot’s sales space, I noticed vacuums that had a pill stand, an air air purifier with an hooked up tabletop and a safety cam. However the firm’s promotional supplies additionally present a vacuum with a fan and a laundry basket on prime. It additionally means that the K20+ Professional can ship drinks and carry small packages round the home.

A SwitchBot rep on the sales space mentioned the corporate desires to permit individuals to 3D print their very own customized components for the K20+ Professional in order that anybody can give you their very own use case for a vacuum-enabled small equipment. A video posted to the corporate’s even exhibits a vacuum with an arm that may choose up trash and deposit it in a wastebasket. (Sure, one other robotic vacuum .)

If all of this sounds a bit ridiculous, that’s as a result of it’s. Whereas I can type of perceive the attraction of a robotic vacuum that doubles as a telephone or pill stand, I can’t think about many eventualities once I’d need a floor-level fan or air air purifier zooming round my home.

I didn’t get to see any of SwitchBot’s vacuums really transferring round at its sales space, so I do not know how effectively any of this would possibly work. It’s additionally not clear how a lot the K20+ Professional will price when it goes on sale later this 12 months, although the corporate is already promoting a few of its attachments, just like the combo.

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