Many years ago, the idea of a robotic vacuum or robots capable of completing menial human tasks like cooking or cleaning seemed like something in a faraway future. Well as it turns out, that far away future has arrived. While we might not have robo-maids and butlers a la “The Jetsons” (yet), the Global Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner market is coming pretty close.
As of 2013, robotic vacuum cleaners have cleared over $927.37 million in market value and the number is set to rise by 16.97 % in the next year and steadily thereafter.
Even though the robotic vacuum buzz is a relatively new trend however, many people don’t know that the technology has actually been around since the 1990s. Popular brands during this time were Roomba, picaBot, Robomaxx, Intellibot, Trilobite, FloorBot, and Dyson. That said, these robotic vacuum cleaners had limited suction power and moved in a random pattern to clear floors—hence, they weren’t the most functional and demand never really took off.
Today, leading brands like iRobot, Neato Robotics and others, have made significant investments in developing first-rate, high powered, and extremely efficient devices that can essentially be programmed and take care of all kinds of household dust and messes without you lifting a finger.
It’s been said before that the 21st Century would be better named The Age of Convenience and the massive consumer demand for any product that promises to “make life a little easier” certainly indicates some truth in this statement. It is this truth that will without doubt advance the market for Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaners in the next few years and onward.
