Duo: Robòt Netejador by Qizhe Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Fèrre in Aparelh Domestic Competition Category.

FèrreAparelh Domestic· 2020

Duo: Robòt Netejador

by Qizhe Yao

A' Design Award de Fèrre Winner in Aparelh Domestic Category

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The Design

About Duo: Robòt Netejador

Duo : es un robòt netejador multifonccional concebut per l'ostal. La concepcion combina un purificator d'aire e un escobador de sòl dins un sol sistèma. Lo purificator d'aire se despaça amb l'escobador de sòl, çò que espandís lo diamètre de purificacion e melhora l'eficacitat de netejatge. L'escobador de sòl a solament 65 mm d'nautor, çò que li permet de passar jos los mòbles e d'atènher las zònas malaisidas de netejar. De botons fisics sus la susfàcia superiora permeton de reglar los paramètres, e un ecran aficha l'estat actual. Las doas partidas trabalhan ensemble per cobrir la màger part de las besonhas de netejatge domestic.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Fèrre

Duo: Robòt Netejador a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre, una reconeissença prestigiosa acordada a de bons designs que respondon a las exigéncias professionalas e industrialas esperadas de creacions plan concebudas. Los ganhaires del Fèrre demòstran una granda abilitat, una nauta especializacion, una comprenedura d'expèrt e la capacitat creativa de lors creators. S'espèra que Duo: Robòt Netejador siá una creacion fòrça considerada, admirada e estimada, practica e innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Fèrre integra las melhoras practicas del sector e a de caracteristicas tecnicas competentas ligadas a un saber-far e a un talent. Per son rigor, Duo: Robòt Netejador merita lo respècte e es destinat a aportar de melhoraments a la qualitat de la vida que ajudan a far del mond un luòc melhor.

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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