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Wyze Robot Vacuum

By Jasmine Blue D’Katz

Lighting-Fast Room

Mapping with LIDAR

For the past, several weeks I have listened to sever- Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanner on the top.
al attendees on Tech for Seniors talk about the The scanner casts thousands of invisible laser point
Wyze Robotic Vacuum and comparing it to the to measure surrounding and generate an editable
Roomba models. Apparently, this new vacuum by map of my home floor plan. Once the map is creat-
Wyze is more affordable than other brands and uses ed, I can label each room, and select which one I
a new top-notch laser system for mapping and effi- want cleaned and send the vacuum directly there.
cient route for cleaning. Unlike other models that Creating virtual walls, will keep the vacuum from
use the bump and turn technique. areas I want it to avoid, like a mess of cords under
my home theater system. The vacuum even avoids
Using laser sensor to map your home has been
used in the more expensive models, but I now have falling down the stairs, and automatically returns to
this feature for as little as $249.99. I can use the its base station when done.
app to select certain rooms and send the vacuum The Wyze Robot Vacuum offers three suction lev-
straight there or create virtual walls to cordon off ar- els: quiet, standard, and strong. Although when I
eas I want the vacuum to avoid. The Wyze works chose the most powerfully lev-
quickly and methodically, effectively collecting debris el, it may pick up more dirt, but
and lost of cat hair from the kitchen hardwood floors it is a little bit lower.
and the carpeting in the Livingroom.
The download Wyze app
This mapping is done with the several group sen- (available for Android and iOS),
sors that map my home and navigate around obsta- (Continued on page 11)
cles. The most notable of theses sensors is the Light

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