Freedom and dream of household cleaners - experience and suggestions within (Inxni) X332

In the era of information intelligence, the field of smart home has become a "blue ocean" market. Innovative products such as floor sweepers, mops and intelligent air management have begun to emerge on a large scale. Among them, the sweeper is a kind of product with mature development and the best market response. But for a long time, Bug has doubts about the ease of use, safety, durability and intelligence of such products. Bug believes that if these aspects are not solved well, it will directly affect the vitality of such products.

Here, I would like to thank the Kukai Forum for providing an experience opportunity for the Inxni X332 intelligent sweeper, which can help insects to evaluate and think about these aspects. Next, we will share with you the perception of bugs based on the trial of this product. Please criticize and correct any improper points.

[First impression of unpacking]

The interior sweeper is packed in a paper box with a handbag, which is superior, easy to carry and a good gift. The price of this product is 2000 yuan. Although it is not cheap, as an innovative smart home product, it is basically a cost-effective product.

When opening the package, we can see that the product is fully fixed and protected by soft cushion, and the product is in good condition during express logistics, which also conforms to the characteristics of this product, which is mainly crowdfunding e-commerce marketing.

The accessories and tools of the product are also very complete, including the instruction manual, after-sales card, sofa/table mat, dust filter, cleaning brush, side brush, screw, cross screwdriver, charging seat, power adapter, etc. The vulnerable parts are provided with spare parts, which shows that the business is very considerate and humanistic. The round sofa/table foot pad is actually difficult to use in practice, but it can be used as the reinforced fixed anti-skid pad of the charging dock.

The main body of the sweeper is also embedded with foam strips on the frame for fixation. The removed sweeper is in the shape of a round cake, which looks like a sweet persimmon. The orange color is the professional color of "cleaner". The black frame makes the product more textured. The frame is made of elastic rubber material, which has a certain protective effect on the product.

The charging dock adopts the card slot mode to combine the two components. However, in terms of texture and quality, the charging dock looks thinner.

The charging dock is an important part, which is not only used to charge the sweeper, but also the starting point of intelligent cruise operation of the sweeper.

The bottom of the charging dock is equipped with anti slip strips for fixing. However, due to its light weight, the fixation effect is not ideal. However, you can consider adding counterweights to the charging dock to improve the fixing effect.

[Introduction to detailed comments]

The sweeper is still a new thing for most ordinary users. Therefore, the insect wants to introduce the working principle of the floor sweeper to everyone in combination with the display of details. Knowing its working principle, I believe we can have a better understanding of its cleaning effect and maintenance method.

When the sweeper is used for the first time, the battery needs to be activated and operated according to the instructions. In normal use, the charging dock should also be selected and fixed. As mentioned above, the charging dock is the starting point for automatic cruise and automatic charging of the sweeper.

There is a pair of big eyes on the top of the X332 sweeper, which is also the logo inside. At the same time, it is also a touch console, which can release operations such as sweeping and returning charging to the sweeper. The indicator light will give status prompts.

X332 sweeper has a module embedded in transparent plastic on the side, which is its laser detection device. Through laser detection, the sweeper can locate the position, build an indoor map, and intelligently identify and avoid obstacles, so as to realize intelligent operation, which can be said to be the eye of the sweeper. The official said that the laser detector has a detection distance of 7 meters and can detect objects of 2 cm.

At the lower edge of the cylinder is the physical switch of the sweeper, and the company has also added a transparent dust cover.

On the back of the laser sensor is the dust storage box, and the fan of the product is also in this position. Of course, the hollowed out LOGO of inXni also makes the product more simple, elegant and artistic.

As a sweeper, first of all, it must have two basic functions, one is the sweeping function, the other is the movement function, both of which are indispensable. The cleaning mystery of the internal sweeper is mainly at the bottom, and then we will introduce it one by one.

First, take a look at the cleaning module. The most striking thing at the bottom is the edge brush of "three tufts of hair". Its function is to brush dust and garbage into the bottom center of the broom, which is equivalent to a "broom".

At the center of the sweeper are rubber brushes and hairbrushes. The rubber brush is roughly similar to a "shovel", which rolls up garbage through the rotation of sticking to the ground; The brush is similar to another "broom", which sweeps the garbage rolled up by the shovel in a targeted way.

Next, the garbage swept in by the brush will be sucked into the dust box by the suction generated by the fan. The dust box is integrated with the fan and is a component that can be removed and disassembled.

The dust box of X332 has a capacity of 350ml. The dust box realizes the classification of coarse and fine garbage through a filter screen. The coarse garbage is in the main chamber, and the fine garbage such as dust is filtered by the filter screen and left in the small chamber. This is mainly conducive to the durability of the product, so as not to damage the product parts due to large garbage.

After the dust box is removed, the rubber brush and brush components can also be removed.

Buckle the clip on the right side, and the fixed shaft of the rubber brush and brush can be opened.

The rubber brush and brush are the main parts for cleaning. After cleaning, they should be removed in time for cleaning. Please note that the rubber pads on both ends of the rubber brush and hair brush are movable and must not be lost.

A friend who is familiar with office equipment may have a general impression that the entire cleaning system of the floor sweeper is very similar to the transmission device of the printer, which mainly realizes conduction and transmission by mechanical rolling of different shafts. The two are also very similar in materials and devices. The difference is that the working environment of the two is different. The working environment of the sweeper is even worse, and the maintenance of components must be kept up with in time. At the same time, dust and foreign matter are also easy to cause physical damage to the rotating device, which will also affect the service life of the product to a large extent. Therefore, when using the sweeper, it should also pay attention to the pre inspection or pre cleaning of the cleaned place. After the obvious foreign matters and sundries are cleaned, the sweeper can be used.

Next, let's take a look at the moving device of the sweeper.

The movement of the sweeper depends on the rotation of two drive wheels. The drive wheels are distributed at both ends of the bottom central axis with large checkered patterns, which are used to increase friction and meet the needs of different floors. In general, the sweeper can be used on various floors such as wood floors, ceramic tiles, marble, carpets, etc.

Below the laser detector, in front of the sweeping machine, is the steering wheel of the sweeping machine. The steering wheel is designed as a universal wheel, which can turn flexibly. It can cooperate with the laser scanning detector to select the cleaning line and avoid obstacles. It is not only necessary to select the direction on the plane, but also the sweeper should detect the vertical situation in time to prevent the "cliff" from falling. Therefore, we can see that there is also a distance detector in front of the steering wheel to sense the spatial changes in the vertical distance.

In addition, there is also a corresponding vertical distance detector in front of the power wheel. The three distance detectors work together to give information on the space distance in time, so that the intelligent system of the sweeper can judge and make motion choices.

The power module of the sweeper supports the movement and cleaning operation.

On both sides of the universal wheel are charged metal contacts, which are used to connect the charging dock and charge the sweeper in time. The cooperation between the laser detector and the steering wheel can enable the sweeper to automatically monitor and position to ensure accurate connection.

There is a 2600mAh battery inside the sweeper, which can drive the sweeper to work for about 2 hours to complete a comprehensive home cleaning. Since the working environment and the cleaning degree of the sweeping space are different, the endurance is only a rough reference. Since the sweeper can automatically judge the power situation and return to charge in time, the problem of power supply and endurance is not too prominent in actual work.

[Function measurement and display]

Next, I will show you the working condition of the sweeper. Due to the characteristics of online uploading and reading, the quality of animation has been compressed to ensure smoothness, which is only for everyone to understand.

(The sweeper rotates for laser detection and scanning positioning)

Before the sweeper works, it will first conduct 360 degree detection and scanning of the environment, build a space map, and develop a cleaning route.

(Automatic cleaning schematic I of the sweeper)

(Sweeper automatic cleaning schematic II)

After the line planning, the sweeping machine adopts the "bow" shaped path planning for sweeping. However, it is found in the actual test that the complexity of the home environment often leads to the difficulty of path planning when the sweeping opportunities reach the obstacles.

From the perspective of cleaning effect, it is quite good, not only dust and hair, but also peel and paper scraps.

After cleaning, observe the cleaning module of the sweeper. It can be seen that the dust and garbage have been occupied, and the garbage in the dust box has also been collected.

(Sweeper returning)

After receiving the remote control command from the mobile phone, or the battery is about to run out, or pressing the "home" button on the panel, the sweeper will automatically monitor the charging dock and conduct return charging. If the connection fails, it will back up and correct the position to connect again.

(Obstacle avoidance test 1 for sweeper)

(Sweeper avoiding obstacles test 2)

In the daily home environment, all kinds of homes, walls and furnishings will cause obstacles to the movement and cleaning of the floor sweeper, thus affecting intelligent and automated operations. According to the actual test, the sweeper can easily avoid large and unilateral obstacles. However, for furniture such as high legged chairs, because the chair legs are long and thin, and the space between legs is narrow, the sweeper often enters the endless cycle of repeated monitoring and planning lines, and the effect is not very good. This reminds everyone that the home environment should be regulated in advance in daily use.

In addition, the insects have also been tested for fall resistance.

(Anti drop test)

Place the sweeper on the tea table, and the vertical distance is large. The sweeper can easily face the "cliff" and turn in time.

This function is very important for the rooms with staggered floors to prevent the floor sweeper from falling down and being damaged. Unfortunately, the rooms with staggered floors will not be able to clean automatically and need manual assistance.

The induction of this distance and the induction of the laser will create a blind area when facing the threshold, and the sweeper cannot judge, identify or avoid. Therefore, in practical use, special attention should be paid to low barriers such as threshold. The sweeper is easy to get stuck and "stranded".

In addition, the distance sensor can also cause misjudgment for small drop distance. This point, when used at home, is often encountered in the balcony or bathroom door. This situation is also likely to cause "grounding" or falling damage to the sweeper, which also needs to be noticed.

[App intelligent interaction]

As an intelligent sweeper, it is natural that the intelligent remote control interaction of the app is indispensable. The app inside the sweeper is called Cherry Milk, and the insect cannot understand why an app of a smart home product with cleaning as its functional orientation should use such a fresh and artistic name.

The inxni sweeper can use the APP for visual interaction to visually see the cleaning situation, while the laser scanning of the inxni sweeper can generate 2D maps in real time, or Display on the screen and realize the remote control function of pointing and scanning, which can be said that the interaction and intelligence have reached a considerable level.

To open an application, you must first link the sweeper to the mobile phone. The link between the sweeper and the mobile phone is made through wifi to establish an information interaction network between the mobile phone, the sweeper and the wifi environment. After opening the APP, connect the sweeper, enter or scan the machine code at the bottom of the body, and then prompt the WIFI connected to the sweeper; After connecting to the robot's WIFI, you can connect the robot to the home WIFI network. The initial connection will also allow the user to enter the name of his own broom as a mark.

The interface of App is very simple. The main interface is an interactive interface with cartoon sweeper animation image. The status of the sweeper will be pushed in the form of a log. The upper right corner is the battery status, and the upper left corner is the share button. Click More to display a history log. At the bottom are the labels of logs, maps, settings and help in the form of a wheel. The overall app design is personalized and the operation is very simple. In addition, the online upgrade of the product is also implemented in the app, which is very simple.

Click the map label to enter the work interface. First, the sweeper scans the space to generate a plane map. The map perspective can be divided into map mode and robot mode. In addition, it can also select a location on the map, and the robot will arrive at the designated location to work according to the instructions. Of course, during the actual test, due to the large room space of the insect's home, the wireless signal is not stable enough, and the household furnishings, the sweeper will occasionally break the connection.

When the sweeper is operating, the app can view the cleaned lines and areas in real time. We can clearly see that the sweeping machine adopts a "bow" shaped line to carry out the sweeping line with partial overlapping edges, so as to fully cover the house. When the inxni navigation sweeper is working, the APP displays its laser scanning map, and the map will be updated in real time as the robot moves.

During the cleaning process, we can send instructions at any time to let the sweeper reach the designated area for cleaning. However, insects think that if you can frame the scope of cleaning on the map, it may be more practical. In this way, the user can select the areas that the sweeper does not need to reach according to the room furnishings, so that the sweeper can avoid various unpredictable obstacles and achieve the best cleaning effect.

[Some understandings and suggestions]

After a simple trial experience, the insect has some knowledge and experience on the internal sweeper products. Here, I will give some suggestions for users and manufacturers to improve.

1. From the perspective of the cleaning effect, it is generally ideal, but for light wastes such as paper scraps, they will drift away and cannot be effectively cleaned due to the problems of cleaning and blowing. At the same time, large wastes are also easy to damage the products. Therefore, it is recommended that users carry out some simple pretreatment according to the ground cleaning condition before using the sweeper.

2. The household furnishings are very complex, which will have an impact on the map scanning and path planning of the sweeper. In order to ensure the cleaning effect of the sweeper, it is recommended to pay attention to the arrangement of household furnishings before use, so as to avoid cleaning failure or potential safety hazards. In addition, the manufacturer should further optimize and enrich the algorithm to improve the route planning capability.

3. The complexity of the household area and furnishings will bring about a geometric multiple of the workload of path identification and cleaning. It is recommended to break the whole into parts. Do not let the sweeping machine clean the whole area. It can be carried out room by room. The effect will be better and the efficiency will be higher.

4. The cleaning of the sweeper is also a problem that needs attention. In fact, the actual operation is also a tedious and careful process, because the components are made of plastic materials, and the structure is relatively small and fine. To balance the advantages and disadvantages, users need to choose whether to clean the house or the machine by themselves.

5. WYSIWYG map model can be further improved. On the basis of fixed-point cleaning, it may be better to increase the cleaning of designated areas.

6. The manufacturer can improve the design, further optimize the waterproof, anti-collision, climbing, fall balance, obstacle escape and other aspects, and improve the adaptability. For example, on the basis of horizontal laser detection, we should focus on the detection of height and bottom drop to avoid being stuck by threshold, low steps, sofa and bed bottom.

7. Now the cost of intelligent interactive robots has been greatly reduced, so we can consider introducing voice interaction modules to further improve interactive intelligence.

8. The modularization and standardization of consumable and vulnerable parts and the convenience of product cleaning are also issues to be considered.

In general, the design idea of Inxni X332 is novel and practical, the product functions can be stably and continuously realized, and the cleaning effect is relatively good. The use of smart home has been carefully designed, which is a relatively mature floor sweeper product. We look forward to continuous improvement and better performance.

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