Ecovacs Has a New Robot Excuse Not to Clean Your Windows With Your Hands
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Incremental upgrades in suction, edge cleaning, and navigation on devices like the Winbot W2S Pro show how quickly "niche" home tasks are being carved off by specialized robots. For consumer hardware teams, the bar is now continuous iteration plus ecosystem lock-in—not one-off gadget launches.
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