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The humanoid robot capable of doing all the household chores efficiently does not yet exist. However, there are plenty of smart devices that can lend a hand when it comes to cleaning the house. Take a look at what’s on offer here and elsewhere.

Veronique Larocque
The Press

Very clean floors

Creator of the Roomba robot, iRobot launched Braava jet a few years ago. After the vacuum cleaner, it is the mop that the American company proposes to leave aside thanks to this robot capable of cleaning up the mess or doing the weekly maintenance of the floors. Brent Hilde of iRobot promises that their two flagship products will continue to evolve over the next few years.

The Braava jet m6 is priced at $599.99. The Roomba j7+ sells for $999.99.

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Homeowners with large windows may be tempted to purchase the Ecovacs Winbot. According to videos provided by the Chinese company, once placed on the glass, the robot cleans it autonomously. The product is not available in Canada at this time. However, there is another line of Ecovacs products in the country, the Deebot. Both a vacuum and a mop, the latest version of this robot cleans itself.

The Deebot X1 OMNI is listed at $1999.99. The Deebot X1 Plus, meanwhile, retails for $1499.99. For its part, the Winbot is not offered in Canada.

For the bowl

Cleaning the toilet bowl is certainly a task that many would gladly do without. At least that’s what Altan Robotech thought, which invented a robot to do it for them. Once attached to the toilet, the device equipped with a brush scrubs the inside of the bowl. This one can adapt to different sizes of toilets, the company says.

The Giddel robot is priced at $498.27.

Have your own assistant

Astro is not a cleaning robot. However, since it is intended to make everyday life at home easier, it has been added to this list. Since fall 2021, US Amazon customers who have received an invitation can get this smart robot with a little something endearing. Let’s admit that his big eyes give him a friendly air. Thanks to Astro, it is possible to monitor your home at all times. When you are outside, you can ask the robot to inspect different rooms in the house. Astro can also carry objects, leave messages for other members of the residence, make calls and play music.

Astro is not available in Canada.

other bots

Among the various innovations on sale here and elsewhere, there is also a robot that can fold clothes and another that mows the lawn. But in addition to these intelligent robots, machines that have surrounded us for years are also robots, recalls Glen Berseth, assistant professor in the department of computer science and operational research at the University of Montreal. “People may not see it that way, but the dishwasher is a robot,” he recalls.