The single-line laser module represents a crucial leap for robot vacuums, evolving from “blindly bumping around” to “intelligently navigating around obstacles”.
Although it is not all-powerful, it remains a dominant sensor in mid-to-high-end robot vacuums, thanks to its high cost-effectiveness and mature navigation and mapping capabilities. In the future, by fusing with vision, inertia, and other sensors, it will bring more intelligent possibilities to home cleaning robots.
Multi-modal Fusion Navigation
Laser + Visual (VSLAM) + IMU enables smarter obstacle avoidance and recognition.
Integration of Laser and AI
AI automatically identifies scene types (carpet, floor, obstacle type).
Structural Simplification + Cost Optimization
More compact module design, suitable for slim robot vacuums.
Cloud Intelligence and OTA Upgrades
Data from the laser module is uploaded to the cloud for training, enabling more intelligent map-building capabilities.