Infineon’s REAL3 ToF imager powers DREAME’s new vacuum cleaning robot

Dreame, a leading Chinese based company specialized in smarthome cleaning devices, has launched its new vacuum cleaning robot, the Dreame Bot W10 Pro. The smart vacuum cleaner is equipped with a camera featuring the REAL3 Time of Flight (ToF) image sensor from Infineon Technologies AG and pmd technologies. The ToF imager enables smart navigation, 3D mapping, and excellent obstacle avoidance for service robots, cleaning robots and mops. “The camera of Dreame's premium robot vacuum cleaner is equipped with our state-of-the-art 3D ToF imager technology. Combined with the latest technology for better contextual awarenessfrom Dreame, the imager enables the cleaning device to identify and avoid obstacles,” said Christian Herzum,Vice President Product-Line 3D-Sensing from Infineon. “Our advanced 3D vision engineering helps service robots learn from their daily cleaning routine and recognize household items that may interfere with floor cleaning, such as cords, shoes, slippers and socks.” Infineon's 3D ToF imager provides additional distance information for each of the cameras’ 38000 pixels. It offers significantly improved 3D accuracy and precision compared to conventional solutions including single-pixel ToF devices. This high resolution enables 3D camera designs with a large vertical field of view (FoV), allowing robots to detect small objects with high resolution and measur...