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BusinessToday
4 days ago
- Business
- BusinessToday
Aerial Drone Maker, DJI Expands To Vacuum Robots
Chinese drone giant DJI stepped into the smart home cleaning market on Wednesday with its inaugural robotic vacuum cleaner series. The new product line, called the DJI ROMO series, integrates sweeping and mopping capabilities, leveraging the company's proprietary environmental sensing and intelligent path planning technologies originally honed for its drone operations. 'ROMO represents DJI's first strategic shift from aerial intelligence to home cleaning scenario,' said Zhang Xiaonan, spokesperson of Shenzhen-based DJI. While home floors differ from aerial environments, the core principle remains identical — employing intelligent navigation, environmental perception, and precision control to enable machines to serve people more effectively and intelligently, Zhang said. The company's drone expertise positions it to tackle key challenges in the robotic vacuum industry, the spokesperson added. The company said the ROMO series is expected to launch in overseas markets later this year, though specific launch dates and regions remain unconfirmed. Global robotic vacuum shipments reached 20.6 million units in 2024, up 11.2 percent year on year, according to market research firm IDC. The firm's Q1 2025 report showed global shipments rising to 5.1 million units, an increase of 11.9 percent from the previous year. Chinese brands Roborock, Ecovacs, Dreame and Xiaomi claimed four of the top five spots by shipment volume.
South China Morning Post
01-08-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Chinese drone giant DJI launches its first entry in the 360-degree camera market
DJI , the world's biggest maker of consumer drones , this week introduced the company's latest flagship 8K panoramic video camera, the Osmo 360 – its first entry in the 360-degree imaging market. 'The launch of the Osmo 360 is a testament to DJI's years of experience and innovation in action cameras, responding to users' diverse photography needs,' said Zhang Xiaonan, DJI's senior director of corporate strategy, in a statement on Thursday. The Osmo 360, which weighs 183 grams, is built with a high-performance imaging chip and superior heat dissipation capability, which allows users to record continuously for 100 minutes at ultra-high 8K resolution. It provides ultra-high-definition photos of up to 120 megapixels, delivering sharp details and a panoramic view. It comes with 105 gigabytes of built-in storage and supports Wi-fi 6 and USB 3.1 standards – enabling wireless transfer speeds of up to 90 megabytes per second and fixed-line computer transfer speeds of up to 600MB/s, respectively. The camera's fast-charging function can generate 50 per cent of power in 12 minutes. The Osmo 360 camera supports Wi-fi 6 standard, enabling wireless transfer speeds of up to 90 megabytes per second. Photo: Handout DJI's move into 360-degree imaging comes amid a growing global market for such cameras. Data from Precedence Research showed the global 360-degree camera market would reach US$2.34 billion this year, up from US$1.82 billion in 2024.
