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Duo: Städrobot by Qizhe Yao

Duo: Städrobot by Qizhe Yao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Järn in Hushållsapparatdesign Competition Category.


JärnHushållsapparat· 2020

Duo: Städrobot

by Qizhe Yao

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Hushållsapparat Category

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The Design

About Duo: Städrobot

Duo: är en multifunktionell städrobot designad för hemmet. Designen kombinerar en luftrenare och en golvsopare i ett och samma system. Luftrenaren rör sig tillsammans med golvsoparen, vilket utökar reningsområdet och förbättrar städeffektiviteten. Golvsoparen är endast 65 mm hög, vilket gör att den kan passera under möbler och nå svåråtkomliga ytor. Fysiska knappar på ovansidan används för att justera inställningarna, och en skärm visar aktuell status. De två delarna samverkar för att täcka de flesta av hushållets städbehov.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Duo: Städrobot är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Duo: Städrobot förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Duo: Städrobot respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

Behind the Design

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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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