DJI built its reputation by teaching drones to see the world in three dimensions and navigate it without crashing. That same spatial intelligence is now inside a robot vacuum, and the difference between the ROMO 2 and a standard floor cleaner becomes obvious the moment you understand what the sensor stack is actually doing.
The ROMO 2 series launched on June 11 with three models, the ROMO P2, ROMO A2, and ROMO S V2, starting at 3999 yuan. The obstacle avoidance system is the headline feature and it is genuinely derived from DJI's drone technology rather than being a marketing claim. It combines speckle projection lidar, a binocular fisheye vision sensor, and side-array ToF technology to recognise ground obstacles at millimeter-level accuracy. Most robot vacuums bump into chair legs and get stuck under furniture. The ROMO 2 is built to read a room the way a drone reads airspace, mapping what is there before deciding how to move through it.
The AI decision-making layer sits on top of that perception system and does more than navigate. The ROMO 2 identifies different floor types and dirt characteristics and adjusts its cleaning approach automatically. On carpets it increases vacuuming pressure without any manual setting change. When it encounters liquid stains it deploys an extended-range robotic arm to clean precisely and prevent the stain from spreading further. That robotic arm swings up to 123 degrees and covers 4.5 centimeters more corner area per swing than the previous generation, which matters in the tight angles where dirt actually accumulates.
The base station is where DJI has clearly put serious thought into the full ownership experience rather than just the cleaning performance. The mop cleaning system uses nano-scale microcrystalline material combined with four high-pressure water jets and a 16mm suction port, with high-temperature self-cleaning capability. The antibacterial design runs across ten stages covering the entire process. A silver ion module sits in the clean water tank. The wastewater tank includes a deodorizing module. A sterilizing cleaning solution handles the mop itself. The dustbin drying process is also covered. The base station supports automatic water supply and drainage, reducing how often you need to interact with it manually.
The concept DJI is working from is described as a full-link automation system covering perception, decision-making, execution, and maintenance without requiring constant human input. For a robot vacuum that means not just cleaning the floor but managing its own hygiene, restocking, and readiness between sessions.
DJI entering the home cleaning market with technology developed for drones is a more natural fit than it might initially seem. Spatial perception, real-time decision-making under changing conditions, and precise motion control are the same problems in both contexts. The ROMO 2 is the result of applying years of that engineering to a floor-level environment. I think DJI is going to a pioneer in the tech industry and in upcoming years it will come up with great idea just like this they are investing so much on research and development.
