Duo: Robot za čišćenje by Qizhe Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Željezna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Kućanskih Aparata Competition Category.

ŽeljezoKućanski Aparat· 2020

Duo: Robot za čišćenje

by Qizhe Yao

Željezna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Kućanski Aparat Category

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The Design

About Duo: Robot za čišćenje

Duo: je multifunkcionalni robot za čišćenje dizajniran za dom. Dizajn kombinira pročišćivač zraka i usisavača za pod u jednom sustavu. Pročišćivač zraka kreće se zajedno s usisavačem za pod, čime se proširuje raspon pročišćavanja i poboljšava učinkovitost čišćenja. Usisavač za pod visok je samo 65 mm, pa može proći ispod namještaja i doprijeti do teško dostupnih površina. Fizičke tipke na gornjoj površini omogućuju podešavanje postavki, dok zaslon prikazuje trenutni status. Ova dva dijela zajedno pokrivaju većinu potreba za čišćenjem kućanstva.

The Recognition

About the Željezna nagrada A' Design Award

Duo: Robot za čišćenje je pobjednik Željezne nagrade A' Design Award, prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje dobrim dizajnima što ispunjavaju profesionalne i industrijske zahtjeve očekivane od dobro dizajniranih kreacija. Željezni pobjednici pokazuju veliku vještinu, visoku specijalizaciju, stručno razumijevanje i kreativne kapacitete svojih stvaratelja. Očekuje se da Duo: Robot za čišćenje bude visoko cijenjena, voljena i njegovana kreacija koja je praktična i inovativna. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Željeznu nagradu A' Design Award integrira najbolje industrijske prakse i ima kompetentne tehničke karakteristike povezane sa znanjem i talentom. Duo: Robot za čišćenje se poštuje zbog svoje temeljitosti i dizajniran je da pruži poboljšanja kvalitete života koja pomažu da svijet postane bolje mjesto.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Duo: is a multifunctional cleaning robot designed for home. It innovatively integrates air-purification and floor-sweeping to meet most of the household cleaning needs. The air purifier can move along with the floor sweeper, which expands the purification range and improves the working efficiency. The compact size of the sweeper robot can make it easily go underneath the furniture i.e. places that are hard to reach. The duo works together to provide an easy and overall cleaning experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 300 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 330 mm (floor sweeper height: 65mm)
Tags: cleaning robot, air purifier, floor sweeper, home appliance, two-in-one
Research: Nowadays, more Chinese customers value higher life quality. This makes the market segment of household cleaning robots gain huge potential and it is still boosting. However, air-purifier and floor-sweeper rose in Western, the usage context and user demands between the West and China are very different. By conducting the market overview and 6 user interviews, several pain points are found. Most air purifiers can only work in a fixed location, which is not flexible, not efficient, and not small-apartment-friendly. For the floor sweeper, the most tricky problem is about the balance of size. There is a contradiction between fitting house environment[small] and mechanical requirements[big].
Inspiration: There is an emerging trend that more people are using cleaning robots to help with the housework. However, there are still pain points according to user feedback. The air-purification range is limited and is not enough for multi-room houses. Also, for small apartments, there needs to be a balance between functions and space-saving. I was inspired by the image of Emperor Penguin and its baby, and I come up with the idea of combining air-purifier and floor sweeper to tackle the problems.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2017 and finished in June 2017 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: The interaction between the users and duo is intuitive and easy. Users can press the physical buttons on the top surface to change the setting, and can see the current status of the cleaning robot from the screen.

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