New Makita Cordless RobotPro Vacuum – a Heavy Duty Roomba-Like Cleaner: VIDEO
New Makita Cordless RobotPro Vacuum – a Heavy Duty Roomba-Like Cleaner
JUNE 16, 2016 STUART
Overseas, Makita has come out with a Roomba-like cordless robotic vacuum, called the RobotPRO (model RC200DZ). Judging from the product usage photos on Makita’s site, it’s designed for commercial environments, such as workshops, offices, warehouse floors, and production facilities.
According to a Japanese press release, Makita jointly developed the new robotic vac with Sharp.
It can clean 300 square meters on (2) 3.0Ah battery packs, and 500 square meters when paired with (2) 5.0Ah battery packs. That’s around 57 x 57 ft, and 73 x 73 ft, respectively.
This vac is packed with some rather fancy features.
Makita RoboPRO Vacuum Top Showing 18V X2 Battery Packs
Although the new vac is powered by two 18V Li-ion battery packs, it doesn’t seem to be described as a Makita 18V X2 product, suggesting, along with other indications, that the batteries are run down sequentially, rather than in parallel. That seems like a good idea for a product like this, for 2 batteries to provide for longer runtime.
Dust collection capacity is 2.5 liters, and there are separate coarse and fine debris collection compartments, which are removed as part of a single dust box for emptying.
Runtime on (2) 5.0Ah batteries is around 200 minutes (3 hours 20 minutes).
There are 2 travel patterns – one that systematically covers an open space, and one that sets the vac off in a random direction. There are bump sensors, 8 ultrasonic sensors, a gyroscope to ensure straight traveling, 4 infrared sensors to prevent tipping over, “stack detection” wheel sensors and a geomagnetic sensor, and it comes with tape for creating no-go “invisible wall” barriers.
You can turn the suction fan off, which means the vacuum will only collect larger debris and not smaller particles. This means it will collect “large visible dust,” while extending runtime by around 2 times.
There’s a timer function, and also a remote control. The remote has a “body position announcement function” which helps you find the vacuum in a larger or obstacled space.
The vacuum’s large brushes are removable and washable, and the dust box is also washable.
One last thing – it’s got a brushless motor, which likely contributes to the runtime.
Price: ~$776 USD (converted from Yen) for just the vacuum
Here’s a long intro of the new robot vacuum, as part of a longer Makita vacuum cleaner promo video:
