Has smart home tech gone too far? This robot vacuum is also a closet — and four washer-dryers

• Dreame debuted its Laundry Care L10 Center at Dreame Next
• It combines four washer-dryers with a closet and a robot vacuum
• It doesn't yet have a price or release date

Dreame isn’t unfamiliar with robot vacuum innovation, being one of the first brands to showcase step climbing cleaners — but this latest model might be its weirdest yet: a robot vacuum hub meets closet meets four washer-dryers. All in a single machine.

Debuted at its Dreame Next showcase in San Francisco, the Laundry Care L10 Center is one of the strangest appliances I’ve ever seen — and that includes the robot-arm equipped fridge Dreame also showcased here at the event.

The four washer-dryers are designed to help you finally separate your cleaning loads, because if you’re like me, it all goes in at the same time on the same setting. The largest 10kg drum handles the bulk of your clothes, a 3kg drum tackles shoes, and the pair of 2.5kg ports are designed for underwear and baby wear respectively.

The idea is that each drum can maximize its effectiveness at cleaning your garments, while also helping you better organize your washing.

Beyond your typical water and detergent, this machine also deploys ultrasonic vibrations to dislodge dirt, and ‘AI Lingus’ to ensure your garments are appropriately cleaned and dried (rather than still being damp in spots) — and don’t come out tangled.

Meanwhile, the garment closet section is designed to refresh and smooth your shirts and dresses between wash cycles.

One more thing

Of course the final piece of this all-in-one cleaning machine is the robot vacuum and mop, which hides itself in a compartment at the bottom of the washing machine stack, recharging its battery, emptying its debris, and refreshing its water supply as if it were in a standalone dock.

The complete package sounds like the ultimate cleaning machine — all that's missing is that the robo vac doesn’t appear to be the Z1 Laundry bot that goes around your home and picks dirty clothes up for you, though I expect it’s only a matter of time before that changes.

The other dampener on the announcement is a lack of pricing and a release date for the all-in-one cleaning closet. My impression, however, is that it won’t be cheap if and when it does launch.

I also wonder if this is a less-is-more scenario. While the 6-in-1 package sounds neat, I do fear that its complex nature could make it a nightmare to maintain, or fix if things go wrong.

What’s more, how useful is a dedicated baby clothes cleaning drum? Kids grow up, and not everybody has them to begin with. Maybe one or two drums makes sense, but four does feel like overkill.

As with some smart home tech, this feels like a flashy concept, but likely not something every home should have. Though perhaps that’s intentional — announce a flashy washer dryer to get people interested, and then sell them on the more mundane but solid standard cleaner, and a separate robo vac.

We’ll just have to wait and see if Dreame’s tech can prove me wrong — maybe this 6-in-1 robo vac closet washer dryer is the home-cleaning gadget we didn't know we needed.

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