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by 6510 2291 days ago
I think it could be perfect if you do something like Bose and measure the building before installing the bots.

As a professional cleaner I have the following suggestion:

Make A cleaning schedule with different frequencies for different tasks. For humans you have to limit complexity, the robot cant get enough of it.

The trick is to do a great job with the least runtime and perfect timing.

1 (Highest frequency): The visible areas when walking from the front door to the seat where your guests will sit. The entire house can be either 1) a complete mess, it will still look clean. Or 2) the entire house can be supper clean it still wont look clean.

Some cameras would be nifty here.

1.1: edges for 1

2: Same as 1 for all frequently used paths in the house except those covered by 1. Could split this up into levels of frequency.

2.1: edges for 2

3rd: All open surfaces not covered by 1 and 2.

3.1: all edges not covered by 1.1 and 2.1

The edges are done roughly every 4th round.

The 1st it can do multiple times per day depending on traffic. (1 times is a good minimum) It could by a dynamic number based on motion sensors. Timing is everything, if the room is empty it can do its thing for 2-3 minutes (quit if someone walks in) Nr 2 is done half to 1/3 as frequent as 1. Nr 3 is done half to 1/3 as frequent as 2.

I've used the above system for years and it continues to amaze me how quick one can execute the routine and how clean everything looks. Nr 1 sometimes takes no more than a gaze around the room.

Without such system one just does "everything" every time which is a lot more work than it seems. (enough work to cut the same corners every time) The result also looks really inferior.