Jeff Burrell Design

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iRobot Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal

iRobot Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal

A charging dock for robotic vacuums that automatically empties collected dirt, allowing for nonstop cleaning of larger areas.

Role

Industrial Design Lead

Client

iRobot

Year

2017

Recognition

Red Dot Award 2019 iF Design Award 2019 Time Magazine Best Inventions of 2018

Dark Roomba docked at a tall black Clean Base on a wood floor in a living room

The project

The iRobot Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal system is a Roomba charging dock for self-maintained robotic vacuuming. Designed in collaboration with iRobot's industrial design manager Stuart Jang, user experience lead Ben Schriesheim, and industrial designer Yanhan Lee, as well as iRobot's Dry Floor Care engineering team.

Home robotics

The project

Home robotics

The iRobot Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal system is a Roomba charging dock for self-maintained robotic vacuuming. Designed in collaboration with iRobot's industrial design manager Stuart Jang, user experience lead Ben Schriesheim, and industrial designer Yanhan Lee, as well as iRobot's Dry Floor Care engineering team.

Project brief slide over a blurred photo of the Clean Base, listing the role, objective and design constraints
Four photos of modern living rooms and stairwells, with a note on simplified home trends with metallic accents
Inspiration board of eight dark and white appliances, including a water dispenser and a speaker, with notes on materials
Pencil sketches of tall dust bin bases and charging docks from different angles
Grey and white CAD renders of the tall dock in many angles, with two circled close-ups of details
Roomba i7+ docked at its Clean Base, and the Clean Base alone with an empty charging platform
Hand holding a phone with the iRobot app's room list, in a living room with a Roomba near its Clean Base
Close-up of the Clean Base drawing dirt from the Roomba's bin into the tall bag compartment, with a blue light on the robot
Two photos: green arrows tracing dirt from a Roomba into the base's bag, and a hand lifting out the full white bag
Roomba docked at the tall black Clean Base on a wood floor beside a white wall
Red Dot Award 2019 Best of the Best page for the Roomba i7+ with Clean Base, with the jury statement and a photo of the dock
iF Design Award page for the Roomba i7+, with a description, a photo of the robot and base, a phone app and a home map
TIME Best Inventions of 2018 cover beside an article headed A Vacuum That Empties Itself, with a photo of the Roomba i7+
Project brief slide over a blurred photo of the Clean Base, listing the role, objective and design constraints
Four photos of modern living rooms and stairwells, with a note on simplified home trends with metallic accents
Inspiration board of eight dark and white appliances, including a water dispenser and a speaker, with notes on materials
Pencil sketches of tall dust bin bases and charging docks from different angles
Grey and white CAD renders of the tall dock in many angles, with two circled close-ups of details
Roomba i7+ docked at its Clean Base, and the Clean Base alone with an empty charging platform
Hand holding a phone with the iRobot app's room list, in a living room with a Roomba near its Clean Base
Close-up of the Clean Base drawing dirt from the Roomba's bin into the tall bag compartment, with a blue light on the robot
Two photos: green arrows tracing dirt from a Roomba into the base's bag, and a hand lifting out the full white bag
Roomba docked at the tall black Clean Base on a wood floor beside a white wall
Red Dot Award 2019 Best of the Best page for the Roomba i7+ with Clean Base, with the jury statement and a photo of the dock
iF Design Award page for the Roomba i7+, with a description, a photo of the robot and base, a phone app and a home map
TIME Best Inventions of 2018 cover beside an article headed A Vacuum That Empties Itself, with a photo of the Roomba i7+
Woman wrapped in a green quilted blanket on a rocky shore, looking at a mountain lake, with a tent behind her

Element

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Woman wrapped in a green quilted blanket on a rocky shore, looking at a mountain lake, with a tent behind her

Element

Hands holding a phone showing the Outcomes4Me symptom tracker with a bar chart of symptoms over a week

Outcomes4Me Breast Cancer Care

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Outcomes4Me Breast Cancer Care

Blue bike dock with a touchscreen area map and a payment kiosk on a Boston sidewalk on a sunny day

Boston Circuits

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Blue bike dock with a touchscreen area map and a payment kiosk on a Boston sidewalk on a sunny day

Boston Circuits

A hand lifts a white pump array with thin pins over a clear well plate, linked by ribbon cable to a base unit with a blue glow

Draper PREDICT96 Organ-on-Chip

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A hand lifts a white pump array with thin pins over a clear well plate, linked by ribbon cable to a base unit with a blue glow

Draper PREDICT96 Organ-on-Chip