Some technologies grow faster and robot vacuums are among top ten..but do they become cheaper like digital watches in their evolution ? we can watch next 3 years
Precise navigation, effective and efficient cleaning, and self-maintenance
Robot vacuums are now widely available and a fairly common household appliance. With the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the latest models can now adapt to the layout of a room, avoid obstacles, be controlled with smartphones, and interact with voice assistants.
Timeline: robot vacuum history
1956
Engineer Donald G. Moore filed a patent for a “robot floor cleaner” in the United States.
1959
Engineer Donald G. Moore filed a patent for a “robot floor cleaner” in the United States.
1962
Rosie the robot, later renamed Rosey, stars in the first episode of The Jetsons.
1989
MIT students make Zoom Broom for an MIT AI Lab robotics competition.
1990
Ex-MIT engineers founded iRobot.
1996
Electrolux releases the first commercially-available robot vacuum, the Trilobite.
2001
LG releases the Roboking robot vacuum, also marketed as Hom-Bot.
2002
iRobot releases the first widely accepted and successful robot vacuum, the Roomba.
2004
Hoover releases the Friendly Vac, a robot vacuum weighing in at a very heavy 23 pounds.
2005
iRobot launches the Scuba, a robotic mop that is intended to complement the Roomba.
2005
iRobot successfully settles a patent infringement case against Urus and Koolatron, effectively ending the future of the Koolvac robot vacuum, deemed to be a knock-off of iRobot’s Roomba.
2010
Neato Robotics launches the XV-11, the first robot vacuum with laser-based mapping.
2015
iRobot releases the first robot vacuum that connects to a home’s WiFi network.
2016
Eufy enters the robot vacuum market with the RoboVac.
2020
iRobot states that 20% of vacuums are robot vacuums.
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