Sharp is coming out of the vacuum cleaner market to say

Sharp Corp. Japan said on May 8 that it will launch a vacuum cleaner capable of detecting and responding to commands and voice prompts in early June.

Cocorobo Vacuum Cleaner

Sharp said the vacuum cleaner named Cocorobo was equipped with a camera and capable of identifying more than 30 phrases, including the word 'clean the room' and 'how are you ?' How are you doing?) and the response varies depending on the conditions such as: temperature and battery charge.

The vacuum cleaner can speak Japanese as well as standard English, Chinese and Kansai dialects in western Japan. Photographs captured by a camera mounted on a vacuum cleaner can be viewed via a smartphone via an application.

The vacuum cleaner, which is equipped with voice and video functions, will be sold for around 130,000 yen, while the non-functional models are expected to sell for about 90,000 yen.

In addition, this vacuum cleaner is equipped with Sharp's Plasmacluster air purifier technology. This is a technology that creates positive and negative ions that can kill bacteria and viruses.