[PConline Culture] With the popularity of smart home concepts, products like sweeping robots have begun to enter the homes of ordinary people. But when the robot was born, it was not only far from being smart, but it also required manual operation.
Since the first sweeper was born in 1996, the emergence of various types of products is dazzling. Until iRobot® launched the Roomba@ series of robots, the concept of intelligent sweepers was truly realized. iRobot's landmark products pioneered the category of household cleaning robots, making sweeping robots increasingly popular in the living room. Today Pconline Home Appliances Channel gives you an introduction to the development history of sweepers:
Sweeper's "ancestors"
In 1898, John Thurman St. Louis of the United States filed a patent for a carpet vacuum cleaner (US No. 634042). This was the "ancestor" of the sweeper, but it was closer to the vacuum cleaner, but for technical reasons Cleaning is not complete.
The birth of a sweeping robot
In 1996, the world's first sweeper was born. The Swedish home appliance giant Electrolux made a sweeping robot called Trilobite. This machine has already shown the shape of an intelligent sweeping machine in appearance: a conventional three-speed sweep, using sound waves to detect obstacles and constructing maps, and being thin and light can enter the bottom of the bed and the bottom of the sofa for cleaning. However, there are still big flaws in intelligence and it is difficult to carry out more detailed cleaning. Although mass production was achieved in 2001, it was difficult to enter ordinary families because of its high price.
Smart sweepers show off - iRobot launches three-stage cleaning structure
In 2002, iRobot, which specializes in the field of military robots, began to enter civilian home robots and launched the Roomba series of sweeping robots. Its first three-stage sweeping structure can be called an important symbol for the development of sweeping robots and has been used up to now. At that time, most of the products on the market used a two-stage “sweep+dust suction†cleaning structure, and the cleaning capacity needed to be improved. The three-stage cleaning structure used by iRobot adds a V-shaped roller brush between the side brush and the suction port. The purpose is to rotate the suction dust at a high speed through the roller brush. This design greatly improves the cleaning efficiency and capability of the cleaning robot. . In addition to superior sweeping capabilities, the iAdbot® Scenario Planning algorithm's multi-mode automatic smart switching technology, vSLAMTM vision processing technology, Dirt DetectTM dirt detection technology, and unique virtual wall design have made the iRobot robot truly Can afford the title of intelligence.
The improvement of performance and experience has led iRobot to lay the dominance of civil household sweeping robots. Currently, from the global market, iRobot sweeping robots occupy a monopoly market share in the United States, Japan, Europe and other regions. Shanghai held a press conference to bring new Roomba 9-series, 8-series and 6-series sweeper robots with Wi-Fi® smart connectivity to China and officially enter the Chinese market.
China's consumer market for sweepers is blowout development
Why did iRobot choose to enter the Chinese market at this time? Obviously, it is closely related to the current market status of China's consumer upgrades and home sweeper products. After more than one hundred years of development, the technology of sweepers has become more mature and the number of brands has increased. Users' awareness of products has also deepened.
According to the data analysis of the China Business Industry Research Institute, home-grown robots currently account for the majority of sales of home-service robots. According to statistics, home-use robots accounted for about 69% of total home service robot sales in 2013 and are expected to be used in 2018. Robot sales account for 75% of home service robots. Sweeping robots (also known as "robot cleaners" or "floor cleaning robots") are currently the dominant category of home robots. According to IFR data, about 96% of home robot sales in 2013 were sweeping robots.
The popularity of sweeping robots has a major relationship with user perception. When using sweeping robots, users can select different time periods for automatic cleaning and automatic charging, which is very much in line with the current overtime and overburdened life. The escalation of technology allows it to get rid of the impression of “sweeping machine-inspired person†because it is convenient and powerful. The sweeping robot headed by iRobot has gradually entered the eyes of Chinese users.
According to calculations, sales of robotic vacuum cleaners in China in 2013 and 2014 were about 800 million yuan and 1.5 billion yuan, respectively, and as of 2015, robotic vacuum cleaners had annual sales of nearly 2.8 billion yuan and sales volume of 2.07 million units. The market size of robots will exceed RMB 5 billion, and the smart sweeping robots will have a huge market space in the future and will show a significant growth trend.
With the ability and speed of current technology sharing and resource integration, the threshold for domestic production of sweeping robots has become lower and lower, and the sweeping market for sweeping robots has also brought a series of drawbacks. At present, there are no fewer than 100 brands of sweeping robots sold in China. However, only a handful of brands have accumulated technological history and brand history, and they urgently need to see the emergence of industry leaders. As the world leader in home robotics, iRobot has more than 25 years of R&D experience in the robotics field and has a unique advantage in exploiting the market.
In the United States, Japan, Europe and other regions, iRobot's sweeping robots occupy a monopolistic market share, and its global sales volume exceeds 20 million units, and it is an independent source. The Chinese market, which entered the market in May this year, is also exhibiting. Its giant edge. It is believed that with the continuous development of technology, sweeping robots headed by iRobot will become frequent visitors in the daily home environment and become a key to unlocking hands and realizing an intelligent life.
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