Just a few days in the past, we obtained our first official have a look at the DJI Romo – the model’s first foray into robotic vacuums – and the extra info I get about this stunning new addition to the DJI lineup, the extra intrigued I’m about how it will form up in relation to launch.
It definitely seems to be cool. Each the video clip shared by tech leaker Igor Bogdanov (aka @Quadro_News) and the teaser trailer DJI leaker @JasperEllens present the curvy dock with a clear plastic cowl – and in the event you look nearer, you’ll be able to see that the bot itself seems to have a transparent lid too. It is an uncommon design selection and one which’ll definitely stand out in opposition to competitor fashions, even when I do have my considerations about how pristine-looking that it will stay over time (maybe it is good that DJI appears to be providing a model that does not have its insides on present instead).
Though a DJI emblem is nowhere to be discovered on the product and it is the primary white plastic I’ve seen because the #mavicair… the official Chinese language #DJIRomo account displayed this little video teaser in the present day, displaying they may launch their first vacuum cleaner on August sixth. Cheers pic.twitter.com/zBseU9pfCDJuly 23, 2025
What’s significantly attention-grabbing is that this peek contained in the dock does not reveal any water tanks. Nearly the entire finest robotic vacuums have mopping capabilities as of late. You do not want a water tank within the dock to ensure that the bot itself to have the ability to mop – some fashions will simply have a small built-in reservoir onboard. Nevertheless, these are typically the cheaper, extra primary robovacs.
Mid-range bots will typically have a clear water tank within the dock, and refill the onboard reservoir mechanically. Shift into the premium class and you’ll count on an extra soiled water tank, and automated mop-washing capabilities. Until there are some tanks tucked out of sight, it seems to be just like the Romo will not supply both.
I suppose mopping and self-cleaning tech aren’t areas that DJI would naturally have experience in. The model is understood for making just about the entire finest drones in the marketplace, and there is not any crossover there. That is in distinction to, say, navigation and object avoidance tech, which is important in each drones and robotic vacuums. I would count on the Romo’s navigation expertise to be top-tier.
A premium proposition?
We do not have pricing info for the DJI Romo but, however I had assumed DJI could be positioning its debut robovac as a premium selection, with options and specs to match.
Which may not be be the case. We do have precedent for an enormous model attempting to make waves within the robotic vacuum market with a comparatively primary mannequin: Dyson and its 360 Vis Nav. It wasn’t Dyson’s first-ever robovac, but it surely was a serious launch on this space, and 7 years within the making. On this case, Dyson supplied restricted capabilities – no mopping to talk of, and no automated mud emptying both – however determined to stay with a premium price ticket anyway.
Dyson is a firmly premium model, in order that wasn’t essentially a shock (though it does normally do extra to justify its lofty pricing). With DJI, issues are extra up within the air… no pun meant. On the one hand we’ve the Amflow, DJI’s first and solely ebike, which could be very a lot a premium proposition.
Nevertheless, the drones it is identified for vary from ultra-cheap (in its Ryze Tello line) to extraordinarily high-end, however the fixed all through is that they are at all times nice worth for cash, typically undercutting similarly-specced rivals. (I requested TechRadar Cameras Editor and resident drone knowledgeable Tim Coleman for his take and he stated, “I might count on no matter value Romo is, it will be wonderful worth. That is the DJI manner.”)
So the jury’s out on the place the Romo would possibly sit available in the market. We’d not have too lengthy to attend to search out out both manner. The most recent teaser trailer suggests the DJI Romo will launch on August 6. That might be in China – I count on the Romo would possibly take some time to make its manner abroad to the UK, and US launch could be very unsure given the potential US ban on DJI drones. However that is an entire separate situation…
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