Cleaning Robots Market Shares Strategies and Forecasts Worldwide 2014 to 2020

 Cleaning Robots Executive Summary 21
Robotic Vacuum Market Driving Forces 21
Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces 23
Cleaning Robot Market Driving Forces 25
Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Shares 26
Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Forecasts 28

1. HOUSEHOLD ROBOT CLEANING MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 30
1.1 Robotic Automation Potential 30
1.1.1 Robots Find A Place in the Cleaning Tasks 32
1.1.2 Robots Make Cleaning More Efficient 32
1.2 Seizing the Robotics Opportunity 33
1.2.1 Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robotic Systems 34
1.2.2 Robot Vacuum Product Launches 35
1.3 Public Aware That Robotics Have “Arrived” 36
1.4 Next Generation Service Robotics -- 37
1.5 Domestic Robots 39
1.6 Market Research Risk Mitigation 41

2. CLEANING ROBOTS MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS 42
2.1 Robotic Vacuum Market Driving Forces 42
2.1.1 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces 44
2.1.2 Cleaning Robot Market Driving Forces 46
2.2 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Shares 47
2.2.1 iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot 50
2.2.2 Samsung NaviBot 52
2.2.3 Samsung 52
2.2.4 LG Roboking 53
2.2.5 Dyson Radial Root Cyclone™ Technology 54
2.2.6 Matustek 54
2.2.7 Yujin Robotics 56
2.2.8 Panasonic Nanotechnology Cleaning Robot 56
2.3 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market Forecasts 57
2.3.1 Home Vacuum Cleaning Robot Market Segment Analysis, Top Of The Line, Classic, And Low End Basic Market Forecasts 59
2.3.2 Home Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments Market Forecasts, Units 61
2.3.3 Number Of Households And Percent Unit Penetration Of Robot Vacuums Analysis 62
2.3.1 Households and Population 64
2.3.2 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Regional Analysis Dollars and Units, By Region, 2014-2020 68
2.3.3 Residential Vacuum Cleaning Robot Markets 69
2.4 Cleaning Robot Prices 69
2.4.1 LG Electronics LRV5900 Robot Vacuum Prices 73
2.4.2 Robotic Cleaner Prices 74
2.4.3 LG Robot vac on Google 74
2.5 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Regional Market Analysis 77
2.5.1 iRobot Domestic and International 83
2.5.2 Korea 84

3. CLEANING ROBOTS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 85
3.1 iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot 85
3.1.1 iRobot 800 Series AeroForce™ Performance Cleaning System Home Cleaning Robots 87
3.1.2 iRobot Roomba 790 92
3.1.3 iRobot 500 Series 95
3.1.4 iRobot Real World Environment Dynamic Robotic Operations 95
3.1.5 iRobot Allows Users To Interact And Instruct Movement In Intuitive Ways 96
3.1.6 iRobot Products For Kitchen Cleaning 97
3.2 Samsung Navibot 99
3.2.1 Samsung NaviBot Light 101
3.2.2 Samsung Navibot S Robot Vacuum 103
3.2.3 Samsung VC-RM72VR Dual CPU Automatic Robot Vacuum 106
3.2.4 Samsung Robot Vacuum Navigation 114
3.3 LG Roboking 115
3.3.1 LG Roboking Bagless Robot Vacuum 121
3.3.2 LG HOM-BOT 122
3.3.3 LG Electronic HOM-BOT SQUARE VR6260LVM 122
3.3.4 LG HomBot 3.0 Robotic Vacuum 123
3.3.5 LG Electronics Motor 125
3.3.6 LG Electronics Lithium Polymer Batteries 126
3.4 Dyson 360 Eye Cleaning Robot 127
3.4,1 Dyson Radial Root Cyclone™ Technology 128
3.4.2 Dyson Link App 129
3.5 Google 129
3.6 Metapo 129
3.6.1 Metapo CleanMate QQ2 Plus Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Scheduler, White 132
3.6.2 Metapo CleanMate QQ5 Plus 133
3.7 Infinvo Hovo 510 135
3.8 Neato BotVac Series 137
3.9 Matsutek 141
3.10 Miele International Enters The Robot Vacuum Cleaner Market 146
3.10.1 Miele International Scout RX1 Benchmark 148
3.11 Mamirobot KF7 Series 148
3.12 P3 Robotic Vacuum 151
3.13 Yujin Robot iCLEBO POP 153
3.13.1 Yujin Robot iCLEBO ARTE 158
3.14 Karcher Robocleaner RC 3000 161
3.15 Hanool Robotics' 162
2.5.3 Metapo CleanMate QQ2 Plus Robotic Vacuum Cleaner with Scheduler, White 164
3.16 Hayward TigerShark® 166
3.16.1 Hayward TigerShark 2 168
3.16.2 Hayward SharkVac 170
3.16.3 Hayward SharkVAC XL™ 171
3.16.4 Hayward Navigator Pro 173
3.16.5 Hayward AquaBug 174
3.16.6 Hayward Diver Dave 176
3.16.7 Hayward Wanda the Whale 178
3.16.8 Hayward AquaRay 180
3.17 Pentair Robotic Cleaner 181
3.17.1 Pentair Kreepy Krauly® Prowler® 830 182
3.17.2 Pentair Kreepy Krauly® Prowler® 820 Robotic Inground Pool Cleaner 184
3.18 Zodiac Pool Systems Polaris 9550 Sport 186
3.19 Maytronics Residential Robots 188
3.19.1 Maytronics Commercial Robots 189
3.19.2 Maytronics Natural Pool Robots 191
3.19.3 Maytronics Suction Robots 194
3.19.4 Maytronics hybrid DX2 195
3.19.5 Maytronics hybrid RS1 196
3.19.6 Maytronics hybrid Platinum 197

ROBOT TECHNOLOGY 198

4.1 Robotics Industry Technology Synergies 198
4.1.1 iRobot Technology 199
4.1.2 iRobot Roomba 564 Core Technologies: 200
4.1.3 iRobot iAdapt™ Responsive Cleaning Technology: 200
4.1.4 Cleaning Robotics Enabling Technology 201
4.1.5 iRobot Real-World, Dynamic Sensing 202
4.1.6 iRobot / Advanced Scientifics Concepts 202
4.1.7 iRobot / ICx Technologies 202
4.1.8 iRobot User-Friendly Interfaces 202
4.2 Vacuum Sensors 203
4.2.1 Vacuum Robotic Lasers 204
4.2.2 iRobot Technology Strategy 205
4.3 Swimming Pool Cleaner Robotic Technology 208
4.3.1 Automatic Suction-Side Cleaners 209
4.3.2 Robotic Automatic Pool Cleaners 209
4.4 Cleaning Robot Key Technology Needs 210
4.5 Cleaning Robots and Pets 214
4.5.1 Pet Reactions To A Robot 214
4.6 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions 215
4.6.1 Evolution Robotics Example Applications 218
4.6.2 Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping 219
4.7 Classification Of Industrial Robots By Mechanical Structure 220
4.7.1 Robots By Type 221
4.7.2 Classification Of Industrial Robots By Mechanical Structure II 222
4.8 Open Robotic Control Software 225
4.8.1 PC-Bots 226
4.9 Advanced Robot Technology: Navigation, Mobility, And Manipulation 226
4.9.1 Robot Intelligence Systems 227
4.9.2 Real-World, Dynamic Sensing 227
4.10 User-Friendly Interfaces 228
4.10.1 Tightly-Integrated, Electromechanical Robot Design 228
4.11 Field Based Robotics Iterative Development 229
4.11.1 Next-Generation Products Leverage Model 230
4.11.2 Modular Robot Structure And Control 230
4.11.3 Lattice Architectures 231
4.11.4 Chain / Tree Architectures 231
4.11.5 Deterministic Reconfiguration 231
4.11.6 Stochastic Reconfiguration 232
4.11.7 Modular Robotic Systems 232
4.12 Autonomous Modular Robotics Used in Space 233
4.13 Telepario 234
4.14 Self-Reproducing Machines 235
4.14.1 M-TRAN Modular Transformer 235
4.15 Attitude Control In Space By Control Moment Gyros 236
4.16 Robotics Government Regulations 237
4.17 Segway Mobile Robotic Technology 240
4.17.1 Segway Brains And The Brawn 241
4.18 Hitachi Configuration Of Robots Using The SuperH Family 242
4.18.1 Hitachi Concept of MMU And Logic Space 243
4.19 Pool Cleaner Parts Work Together 246
4.19.1 AquaBot Pool Cleaner Technology 246

5. ROBOT COMPANY DESCRIPTION 249
5.1 Bandai 249
5.2 Coroware 251
5.3 Dyson 253
5.3.1 Dyson 360 Eye Robot 254
5.3.2 Dyson Innovation Techniques 256
5.4 Electrolux 256
5.4.1 Electrolux Revenue 257
5.5 Fluidra 257
5.5.1 Fluidra Revenue 258
5.5.2 Fluidra Systems And Components For Both Private And Public Swimming Pools 261
5.5.3 Fluidra Commercial Pools 261
5.5.4 Fluidra Group / Aqua Products 262
5.5.5 Aqua Products Cleaner Brand Positioning 262
5.5.6 Aqua Products Research and Development Labs 263
5.6 Google 264
5.6.1 Google / Boston Dynamics 264
5.6.2 Boston Dynamics 265
5.6.3 Boston Dynamics LS3 - Legged Squad Support Systems 267
5.6.4 Boston Dynamics CHEETAH - Fastest Legged Robot 268
5.6.5 Boston Dynamics Atlas - The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot 270
5.6.6 Boston Dynamics BigDog 272
5.6.7 Boston Dynamics LittleDog - The Legged Locomotion Learning Robot 273
5.6.8 Google Robotic Division 275
5.6.9 Google Self-Driving Car 275
5.6.10 Google Cars Address Vast Majority Of Vehicle Accidents Due To Human Error 277
5.6.11 Google Business 278
5.6.12 Google Corporate Highlights 279
5.6.13 Google Search 280
5.6.14 Google Revenue 281
5.6.15 Google Second Quarter 2013 Results 282
5.6.16 Google Revenues by Segment and Geography 285
5.6.17 Google / Motorola Headcount 286
5.6.18 Google / Motorola 286
5.7 Hanool Robotics 288
5.7.1 Hanool Robotics Synchronous Mobile Robot 288
5.8 Hayward 289
5.8.1 Totally Hayward™ System 290
5.8.2 Hayward® Industries Commercial Pool Products 290
5.8.3 Hayward Commercial 291
5.8.4 Hayward 291
5.9 iRobot 292
5.9.1 iRobot Home Robots: 294
5.9.2 iRobot Defense and Security: Protecting Those in Harm’s Way 294
5.9.3 iRobot Role In The Robot Industry 295
5.9.4 iRobot SPARK (Starter Programs for the Advancement of Robotics Knowledge) 295
5.9.5 iRobot Revenue 296
5.9.6 iRobot Acquires Evolution Robotics, Inc. 302
5.9.7 iRobot / Evolution Robotics 303
5.9.8 iRobot Strategy 303
5.9.9 iRobot Technology 306
5.10 Karcher 308
5.10.1 Karcher 309
5.11 KumoTek 309
5.11.1 KumoTek Divisions 309
5.11.2 KumoTek Consumer Robotics Group 310
5.12 Kyosho 311
5.13 LG 312
5.13.1 LG Revenue 313
5.13.2 LG Branding 314
5.13.3 Winning Over the Top-Class Market 316
5.14 Lilin Group 318
5.15 Mamirobot 319
5.16 Matsutek 320
5.16.1 Matsutek Main Products: 321
5.17 Metapo 323
5.18 Microbric 327
5.18.1 Microbric Technical Aspects 329
5.18 Miele 331
5.20 MSI 332
5.21 Neato Robotics 335
5.22 NEC 337
5.21.1 NEC Robots That Live With, And Have The Ability To Interact With Humans 340
5.21.2 NEC Sales 341
5.23 P3 342
5.24 Parallax 342
5.25 Pentair 343
5.26 Samsung 343
5.26.1 Samsung Strategic Change 344
5.26.2 Samsung Revenue 344
5.26.3 Samsung Apps 346
5.26.4 Samsung Display and Information Technology Innovations 346
5.26.5 Samsung Cameras: Consumer-Inspired Design 346
5.26.6 Samsung Creating a Future Home Entertainment TV 347
5.27 Surveyor 348
5.28 Yujin Robot 350
5.29 Zodiac Pool Systems 351

Table ES-1 24 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces 24
Table ES-2 25 Consumer Home Cleaning Product Development Challenges 25
Figure ES-3 27 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2013 27
Figure ES-4 29 Vacuum Robot Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2014-2020 29
Table 1-1 31 Aspects of Robotic Cleaning Sector Modernization 31
Figure 1-2 35 Robot Vacuum Product Launches 35
Figure 1-3 37 Scaling iRobot Vacuum Cleaner Markets 37
Table 1-4 39 Domestic Robot Types 39
Table 2-1 45 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces 45
Table 2-2 46 Consumer Home Cleaning Product Development Challenges 46
Figure 2-3 48 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2013 48
Table 2-4 49 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments , Market Shares, Dollars, 2013 49
Figure 2-5 51 iRobot Home Products 51
Figure 2-7 56 Panasonic Fukitorimushi Robotic Vacuum 56
Figure 2-8 58 Vacuum Robot Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2014-2020 58
Figure 2-9 59 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Shipments Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2014-2020 59
Table 2-10 59 Home Vacuum Cleaning Robot Market Segment Analysis, Top of the Line, Classic, and Low End Basic Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2014-2020 59
Figure 2-11 61 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments Market Forecasts 61 Units, Worldwide, 2014-2020 61
Table 2-12 62 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Shipments, Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2014-2020 62
Table 2-13 62 Number of Households and Percent Unit Penetration of Robot Vacuums Analysis, North and South America, Market Forecasts, 2014-2020 62
Figure 2-14 65 iRobot View of Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Addressable Market 65
Figure 2-15 66 Robotic Vacuum Market 66
Table 2-16 67 Worldwide Population,-2013 67
Table 2-17 68 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Regional Analysis Dollars and Units, By Region, 2014-2020 68
Figure 2-18 76 iRobot on Google 76
Figure 2-19 77 Cleaning Robot Regional Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2013 77
Table 2-20 78 Cleaning Robot Regional Market Segments, Dollars, Worldwide, 2013 78
Table 2-21 79 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments, North and South America, Market Shares, Dollars, 2013 79
Table 2-22 80 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments, Europe Middle East and Africa, Market Shares, Dollars, 2013 80
Table 2-23 81 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments, Asia Pacific Region Market Shares, Dollars, 2013 81
Figure 3-1 86 iRobot Home Robot Products 86
Figure 3-2 87 iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot 87
Table 3-3 88 iRobot AeroForce System Breakthrough Technologies 88
Table 3-4 89 iRobot AeroForce System Features 89
Figure 3-5 91 iRobot Roomba 880 91
Table 3-6 93 iRobot Roomba® 790 Specifications 93
Table 3-7 94 iRobot Roomba® 790 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Features 94
Figure 3-8 97 iRobot Use in Kitchen 97
Figure 3-9 98 iRobot Use in Living Room 98
Figure 3-10 99 Samsung Navibot 99
Figure 3-11 100 Samsung NaviBot's Camera Supported by CPU System And Sensors 100
Figure 3-12 101 Samsung NaviBot Light 101
Figure 3-13 103 Samsung Navibot S Robot Vacuum 103
Figure 3-14 106 Samsung VC-RM72VR Smart Tango Dual CPU Automatic Cleaner Super Slim Robot Vacuum 106
Figure 3-15 107 Samsung VC-RM96W Tango Robot Vacuum 107
Figure 3-16 109 Samsung Cleaning Robot Multiple Views 109
Figure 3-17 110 Samsung Cleaning Robot 110
Figure 3-18 112 Samsung Sensor Placement 112
Figure 3-19 115 LG Roboking Robot Vacuum 115
Figure 3-20 116 LG Roboking VR6270LVM Smart Robot Vacuum 116
Table 3-21 117 LG Roboking Features 117
Table 3-22 118 LG Roboking VR6270LVM Smart Robot Vacuum Features 118
Table 3-23 119 LG Roboking VR6270LVM Smart Robot Vacuum Specifications 119
Figure 3-24 121 LG Roboking Bagless Robot Vacuum 121
Figure 3-25 125 LG Electronics Motor 125
Figure 3-26 126 LG Electronics Lithium Polymer Batteries 126
Figure 3-27 127 Dyson 360 Eye Robot 127
Table 3-28 131 Metapo CleanMate QQ2 Plus Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Features 131
Figure 3-29 132 Metapo CleanMate QQ2 Plus 132
Figure 3-30 133 Metapo CleanMate QQ5 Plus 133
Figure 3-31 135 Infinvo Hovo 510 135
Figure 3-32 137 Neato BotVac Series 137
Table 3-33 139 Neato Robot Vacuum Models 139
Figure 3-34 140 Neato XV Series 140
Figure 3-35 141 Matsutek Vacuum Robot 141
Figure 3-36 142 Matsutek Vacuum Robot Product Line 142 Matsutek Smart Multi-Function Vacuum Cleaner With Remote Control 143
Table 3-37 143 Table 3-37 (Continued) Matsutek Smart Multi-Function Vacuum Cleaner With Remote Control 144
Figure 3-38 145 Matsutek Floor Cleaning Robot 145
Figure 3-39 149 Mamirobot KF7 Series Features 149
Figure 3-40 150 Mamirobot KF7 Series Functions 150
Figure 3-41 151 P3 Robotic Vacuum 151
Table 3-42 152 P3 Robotic Vacuum 152
Figure 3-43 153 Yujin Robot iCLEBO POP 153
Figure 3-44 161 Karcher Robocleaner RC 3000 161
Figure 3-45 163 Hanool Robotics' Vacuum 163
Figure 3-46 166 Hayward TigerShark® 166
Figure 3-47 168 Hayward TigerShark® 2 168
Figure 3-48 169 Hayward TigerShark® Features 169
Figure 3-49 170 Hayward SharkVac 170
Table 3-50 172 SharkVAC XL Pool Floor And Wall Cleaning Features 172
Table 3-51 174 Hayward Navigator® Pro's exclusive SmartDrive 174
Figure 3-52 174 Hayward AquaBug 174
Table 3-53 175 AquaBug® Turbine Cleaner Features 175
Figure 3-54 176 Hayward Diver Dave 176
Table 3-55 177 Hayward Diver Dave Product Description 177
Figure 3-56 178 Hayward Wanda the Whale 178
Table 3-57 179 Hayward Wanda the Whale Features 179
Figure 3-58 180 Hayward AquaRay 180
Table 3-59 183 Pentair Prowler 830 Remote Control Features 183
Figure 3-60 184 Pentair Kreepy Krauly® Prowler® 820 Robotic Inground Pool Cleaner 184
Table 3-61 185 Pentair Prowler 820 Features 185
Table 3-62 187 Zodiac 4WD Robotic Cleaner Features 187
Figure 3-63 190 Maytronics Commercial Pool Cleaning Robots 190
Table 3-64 192 Maytronics Natural Pool, Eco-Pool, and Organic Pool Benefits 192
Table 4-1 201 Cleaning Robotics Enabling Technologies 201
Figure 4-2 205 iRobot Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Technology Strategy 205
Figure 4-3 206 iRobot Technology Strategy 206
Table 4-4 207 iRobot Next Generation Cleaning Robot Navigation 207
Table 4-5 210 Cleaning Robot Key Technology 210
Table 4-6 211 Robot Communications Key Technology 211
Table 4-7 212 Cleaning Robot Key Navigation Technologies 212
Table 4-8 213 Human-Robot Interaction 213
Figure 4-9 216 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions 216
Figure 4-10 217 Evolution Robotics Object Recognition 217
Table 4-11 218 Evolution Robotics Applications 218
Table 4-12 219 Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping Functions Relevant to Robotics 219
Figure 4-13 245 Hitachi Modular Robot Configuration 245
Table 4-14 247 Aquabot Key Product Technology Factors 247
Figure 4-15 248 Aquabot Key Technology 248
Table 5-1 249 Bandai America Partners 249
Table 5-2 250 Bandai America Product Lines 250
Figure 5-3 254 Dyson 360 Eye Robot 254
Figure 5-4 267 Boston Dynamic LS3 267
Figure 5-5 268 Boston Dynamic CHEETAH 268
Figure 5-6 270 Boston Dynamic Atlas 270
Figure 5-7 272 Boston Dynamic BigDog 272
Figure 5-8 274 Boston Dynamics LittleDog - 274
Table 5-9 276 Google Autonomous Vehicles Technology 276
Figure 5-10 293 iRobot Portfolio of Technology Solutions 293
Figure 5-11 299 Cumulative iRobot Unit Sales, 2004 to 2014 299
Figure 5-12 300 iRobot Home Business Revenue 300
Figure 5-13 301 iRobot Roomba 800 Launch Metrics 301
Table 5-14 304 iRobot Strategy Key elements 304
Table 5-15 305 iRobot Strategy Key Common Platforms and Software elements 305
Figure 5-16 310 KumoTek Divisions 310
Figure 5-17 317 LG Global Locations 317
Figure 5-18 324 Metapo Headquarters 324
Figure 5-19 325 Metapo Vacuum Product line 325
Figure 5-20 326 Metapo Facilities 326
Fiigure 5-21 328 Microbric Components 328
Table 5-22 329 Microbric Typical Modules 329
Figure 5-23 334 MSI Worldwide Distribution and Factory Sites 334
Figure 5-24 336 Neato XV-11 At Top Of Stairs 336
Table 5-25 339 NEC Personal Robot Technologies 339
Figure 5-26 349 Surveyor SRV-1 Blackfin Robot 349 

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