Robot Cleaner by Jeongmi Lee is simply interesting

Jeongmi Lee-a designer from Seoul, who wanted to make the humble cleaner in our homes interactive, put a brain inside the vacuum cleaner so that it won't make a hue and cry (read noise) over its mundane job. Welcome to the thinking, walking, cleaning and surprising defecating (formal for pooping!) cleaner. A vacuum cleaner that doesn't subscribe to the saying "Empty vessels make the moist noise". A cleaner that has an expressive display screen for histrionics! Now what does this vacuum, sorry, robot cleaner do? It stays pretty close to you while you sleep.

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Domestic robot

Robot Cleaner by Jeongmi Lee

Since its programmed for waking you in the morning, it just waits patiently. At just 10 seconds before wake up call its screen brightens, flashing a neon green all across. It is mute, so it just displays ALARM on its screen. Then begins the painful count towards waking up-10,9,8........0. Now, it turns pink and brusquely pulls the blanket away from you. How does it do that? Simple, just tie the string from the cleaner to your blanket. The alarm is actually for the cleaner to get to work. When it moves it pulls the blanket along with it.

Now you really cannot argue with a machine, can you? So, while you get up and head out, the robot cleaner starts cleaning, covering all corners of the room. When complete, it exults, then turns scarlet and cringes. Next, it ejects neat little brown bags with a black image of cream topping. These brown bags contain the filters and their contents. The robot changes its filters by itself, something you have to do manually in a conventional vacuum cleaner. Depending on the dirt and number of filters it accumulates this dirt into, a number of bags are dropped off in different locations across the room. Just collect these brown bags and drop them off in the dustbin. That is one job the robot cleaner is not equipped to do at present.

The idea behind this conceptual invention is to equip a home appliance do something more than its mandatory task. In doing so a relationship is sought to be created between the appliance and its owner. Today's appliances are becoming intelligent and interactive with their human creators. Can the humble vacuum cleaner be left behind?

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