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How your robot works

What your robot cleans

This robot is equipped with features that make it a suitable cleaner to help you clean the floors in 

your home.

The robot is especially suitable for cleaning hard floors, such as wooden, tiled or linoleum floors.  

It may experience problems cleaning soft floors, such as carpet or rugs. If you use the robot on a 

carpet or rug, please stay close by the first time to see if the robot can deal with this type of floor. 

The robot also needs super vision when you use it on black and shiny hard floors.

How your robot cleans
Cleaning system

The robot has a 2-stage cleaning system to clean your floors efficiently.

 - The two side brushes help the robot clean in corners and along walls. They also help to remove 

dir t loose from the floor and move it towards the suction opening (Fig. 4).

 - The suction power of the robot picks up loose dir t and transpor ts it through the suction 

opening into the dust container (Fig. 5).

Cleaning patterns

In its auto cleaning mode, the robot uses an automatic sequence of cleaning patterns to clean each 

area of the room optimally. The cleaning patterns it uses are:

1  Z-pattern or zigzag pattern

2  Random pattern

3  Wall-following pattern

4  Spiral pattern

During auto cleaning, the robot uses these patterns in a fixed sequence:

1  Z-pattern (Fig. 6)

2  Random pattern (Fig. 7)

3  Wall-following pattern (Fig. 8)

4  Spiral pattern (Fig. 9)

When the robot has completed this sequence of patterns, it star ts moving in Z-pattern again.  

The robot continues to use this sequence of patterns to clean the room until the rechargeable 

batter y is empty, or until it is switched off manually.

Note: You can also select each mode individually by pressing the appropriate button on the remote 

control (FC8710). For more details, see chapter ‘Using your robot’, section ‘Cleaning modes’.

How your robot avoids height differences

 - The robot has three drop-off sensors in its bottom. It uses these drop-off sensors to detect and 

avoid height differences such as staircases (Fig. 10).

Note: It is normal for the robot to move slightly over the edge of a height difference, as its front drop-off 

sensor is located behind the bumper.
Caution: In some cases, the drop-off sensors may not detect a staircase or other height difference 

in time. Therefore monitor the robot carefully the first few times you use it, and when you 

operate it near a staircase or another height difference.

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