WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018. The 2012 study has 418 pages, 156 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the robots automate cleaning functions in the home making it easier for working people and older people to keep a nice home.

The automated process revolution in business process and communications is being extended to home cleaning robots. Household robot market driving forces are aspects of automated process applied to the home for achieving better use of time, creating more time for people. Using robots to replace manual cleaning is a compelling shift in managing a household. Robots for cleaning are very useful.

Robots automating cleaning systems give a chance to run the vacuum every day and keep the home cleaner while at the same time leaving more time for leisure activities. Innovation is the result of ongoing performance improvement in the areas of product development and customer support. Markets have increasing competition. Products from market leading vendors continue to compete favorably. New products and enhancements provide ease of use. Better batteries let products run for longer periods.

The principal competitive factors in the market for cleaning robots include performance, cost of purchase, length batteries work, and total cost of system operation. The cost of unit maintenance and support is a competitive aspect. Products compete based on ease of use, integration with existing equipment, quality, reliability, customer support, brand, and reputation.

Recent robotics related innovations mean demand for robots is from a broader part of the potential customer base. Use of robots for cleaning is becoming more accepted. Products are becoming more diverse. With the technical improvements in sensors, visualization, and in the fields of robotic hobby, recreation, and warfare, robots are becoming less expensive and more adaptive to the cleaning task.

The rise of futuristic cutting edge industries and the decline of manufacturing industries gives rise to market conditions that support the evolution of more elaborate, smaller, less expensive cleaning robots. The robot industry today is expanding from industrial areas to fields where robots can be used in the same areas with humans.

In the case of personal robots cleaning functions are accompanied by medical, welfare, education, service, and educational functions. The robot industry follows the semiconductor industry. Sales in 2012 are small compared to what will be achieved by 2020. The robot industry market is anticipated to expand to the size of the current automotive market. Cleaning robots will achieve their fair share of this.

According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, "Home cleaning robot products are designed for intuitive use in the home. Consumer robotic products are focused on floor cleaning tasks. Consumer products provide value by producing better cleaning results at an affordable price and by freeing people from repetitive home cleaning tasks. iRobot, LG, and Samsung are among the leaders in developing innovative features that support intuitive use."

Technology related to robot core functioning depends on precision parts. Sensor technology is the base of research development in the field of household personal robots. World class domestic electronics is being extended with information and communication technology. Internet communications infrastructure is expected to advance the domestic personal robot market.

Manual cleaning is boring and unproductive. Replacing repetitive, boring jobs with a robot is sure to continue to grow in popularity. With increasing adoption, the economies of scale offer increasingly attractive price points. Software is offering more fully functioned units that are more useful because they avoid obstacles and pick up dirt better. Home cleaning robot markets are anticipated to grow in response to the fact that women in the workforce look for every cleaning advantage that can be gained.

Efficiencies offered by automated process have real value. The robot vacuums are being used people in homes to replace manual cleaning. Market growth is rapid with penetration analysis providing the model for analysis, creating the aspect of growth that will at some time trend to adoption of several units by every household.

Household vacuum cleaner, pool, and gutter robot cleaner markets at $676.4 million in 2011 are forecast to reach $1.8 billion by 2018. Market growth comes with the increase in working women and the sharing of household duties between men and women. The robotic cleaners are evolving a role in the shift in home management of cleaning needed with the aging of the population. The need to keep older people in their homes longer, and the value to everyone of automated process replacing manual cleaning process are dual market drivers for home based robotic cleaners.

• iRobot 
• Hayward 
• Samsung 
• Neato 
• Metapo 
• Pentair 
• LG
• Matsutek
• Fluidra / Aqua Products
• Yujin
• Zodiac / Baracuda
• Maytronics

• Coroware
• Electrolux
• Hanool Robotics
• Karcher
• KumoTek
• Kyosho
• Lilin Group
• Microbric
• MSI
• NEC
• Parallax
• Surveyor
• Zodiac Pool Systems

1.1 Seizing the Robotics Opportunity

1.1.1 Modular Self-Reconfiguring Robotic Systems

1.2 Public Aware That Robotics Have “Arrived”

1.3 Next Generation Personal And Service Robotics – Robot House Cleaners and Lawn Mowers

1.4 Domestic Robots

1.5 Automatic Pool Cleaners

1.6 Market Research Risk Mitigation

 

2.1.1 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces

2.1.2 Cleaning Robot Market Driving Forces

2.2 Cleaning Robot Markets

2.2.1 Cleaning Robot Market Shares

2.2.2 Household Vacuum, Pool Cleaner, and Gutter Robot Cleaner Market Forecasts

2.3 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Markets

2.3.1 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Shares

2.3.2 iRobot Roomba®

2.3.3 LG Electronics

2.3.4 Matustek

2.3.5 Yujin Robotics

2.3.6 Samsung

2.3.7 Panasonic Nanotechnology Cleaning Robot

2.3.8 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Forecasts

2.4 Pool Cleaning Robot Markets Shares

2.4.1 Pool Cleaning Robot Markets Shares

2.4.2 Hayward Pool Cleaning Robots

2.4.3 Fluidra / Aqua Products

2.4.4 Pool Cleaning Robot Market Forecasts

2.5 Floor Washing Robot Markets

2.6 Residential Vacuum Cleaning Robot Markets

2.6.1 iRobot Strategy

2.7 iRobot Gutter Cleaning

2.8 Cleaning Robot Prices

2.8.1 LG Electronics LRV5900 Robot Vacuum Prices

2.8.2 Pool Cleaning Robot Prices

2.8.3 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Prices

2.8.4 Pool Cleaning Robot Prices

2.8.5 Households and Population

2.9 Regional Market Analysis of Robots for Cleaning

2.9.1 iRobot Domestic and International

2.9.2 Korea

3.1 iRobot Products For Home Cleaning

3.1.1 iRobot Cleaning Robots

3.1.2 Home Floor Cleaning Robots

3.1.3 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series

3.1.4 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series Vacuum Cleaning Robots

3.1.5 iRobot Robots

3.1.6 iRobot Roomba 500 Series

3.1.7 iRobot Roomba Virtual Wall Lighthouses

3.1.8 Roomba As An Intelligent And Effective Vacuuming Robot

3.1.9 iRobot Roomba® Scheduler Vacuuming Robot with Intelli-Bin

3.2 Matsutek

3.2.1 Matsutek Enterprises Ltd

3.2.2 Matsutek Robotic Vacuum

3.3 Yujin Robotics

3.4 Samsung

3.4.1 Samsung Robot Vacuum Navigation Research

3.5 LG Electronics

3.5.1 LG Hom-Bot

3.5.2 LG Roboking

3.6 Panasonic Nanotechnology Cleaning Robot

3.7 Neato Robotics

3.8 Metapo Cleanmate

3.8.1 Cleanmate QQ-2 Robotic Vacuum

3.8.2 Metapo CleanMate QQ-2

3.9 Electrolux Trilobite

3.9.1 Electrolux Trilobite Cleaning Programs

3.10 Samsung

3.11 Dyson DC06 Robotic Vacuum

3.12 Asus

3.13 Evolution Robotics

3.13.1 Evolution Robotics NorthStar®

3.13.2 Evolution Robotics vSLAM®

3.13.3 Evolution Robotics LaneHawk™

3.14 Floorbotics

3.15 Hanool Robotics Cleaning Robots

3.16 Ecovacs

3.17 Milagrow HumanTech

3.18 Selected Cleaning Robots

3.19 Floor Washing Robots

3.19.1 iRobot Scooba

3.19.2 iRobot Floor Washing Robots

3.20 Pool Cleaning Robots

3.21 Hayward Pool Cleaning Robots

3.21.1 Hayward

3.21.2 Hayward Suction Pool Cleaners

3.21.3 Hayward Pressure Pool Cleaners

3.21.4 Hayward Commercial Pool And Spa

3.22 Aquabot Pool Cleaning Robot

3.23 Kreepy Krauly

3.23.1 Pentair / Kreepy Krauly

3.23.2 Kreepy Krauly EZ VAC

3.23.3 Kreepy Kadet

3.23.4 Pentair

3.23.5 Pentair Prowler 730 Remote Control

3.24 Aquatron

3.25 Aquavac

3.26 Zodiac Baracuda

3.27 Blue Wave Manta Ray

3.28 Dirt Devil

3.29 Letro

3.30 Polaris

3.30.1 Polaris Swimming Pool Cleaners

3.31 Zodiac

3.31.1 Zodiac

3.31.2 Zodiac Pool Care / Baracuda

3.32 RayVac

3.33 StaRite

3.34 Maytronics Dolphin

3.35 iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robot

3.35.1 iRobot Pool-Cleaning

3.35.2 iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robot

3.36 Aquabot Pool Cleaners

3.36.1 Aquabot Pool Rover for Above Ground Pools

3.37 SmartPool

3.38 Sta-Rite

3.39 Robot Shop Sweeping

3.39.1 iRobot Shop Sweeping

3.40 Gutter Cleaning Robots

3.40.1 iRobot Gutter Cleaning

4.1 Robotics Industry Technology Synergies

4.1.1 iRobot Technology

4.1.2 iRobot Roomba 564 Core Technologies:

4.1.3 iRobot iAdapt™ Responsive Cleaning Technology:

4.1.4 Cleaning Robotics Enabling Technology

4.1.5 iRobot Real-World, Dynamic Sensing

4.1.6 iRobot / Advanced Scientifics Concepts

4.1.7 iRobot / ICx Technologies

4.1.8 iRobot User-Friendly Interfaces

4.2 Vacuum Sensors

4.2.1 Vacuum Robotic Lasers

4.3 Swimming Pool Cleaner Robotic Technology

4.3.1 Automatic Suction-Side Cleaners

4.3.2 Robotic Automatic Pool Cleaners

4.4 Cleaning Robot Key Technology Needs

4.5 Cleaning Robots and Pets

4.5.1 Pet Reactions To A Robot

4.6 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions

4.6.1 Evolution Robotics Example Applications

4.6.2 Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping

4.7 Classification Of Industrial Robots By Mechanical Structure

4.7.1 Robots By Type

4.7.2 Classification Of Industrial Robots By Mechanical Structure II

4.8 Open Robotic Control Software

4.8.1 PC-Bots

4.9 Advanced Robot Technology: Navigation, Mobility, And Manipulation

4.9.1 Robot Intelligence Systems

4.9.2 Real-World, Dynamic Sensing

4.10 User-Friendly Interfaces

4.10.1 Tightly-Integrated, Electromechanical Robot Design

4.11 Field Based Robotics Iterative Development

4.11.1 Next-Generation Products Leverage Model

4.11.2 Modular Robot Structure And Control

4.11.3 Lattice Architectures

4.11.4 Chain / Tree Architectures

4.11.5 Deterministic Reconfiguration

4.11.6 Stochastic Reconfiguration

4.11.7 Modular Robotic Systems

4.12 Autonomous Modular Robotics Used in Space

4.13 Telepario

4.14 Self-Reproducing Machines

4.14.1 M-TRAN Modular Transformer

4.15 Attitude Control In Space By Control Moment Gyros

4.16 Robotics Government Regulations

4.17 Segway Mobile Robotic Technology

4.17.1 Segway Brains And The Brawn

4.18 Hitachi Configuration Of Robots Using The SuperH Family

4.18.1 Hitachi Concept of MMU And Logic Space

4.19 Pool Cleaner Parts Work Together

4.19.1 AquaBot Pool Cleaner Technology

5.1 Bandai

5.2 Coroware

5.3 Electrolux

5.3.1 Electrolux Revenue

5.4 Fluidra

5.4.1 Fluidra Revenue

5.4.2 Fluidra Systems And Components For Both Private And Public Swimming Pools

5.4.3 Fluidra Commercial Pools

5.4.4 Fluidra Group / Aqua Products

5.4.5 Aqua Products Cleaner Brand Positioning

5.4.6 Aqua Products Research and Development Labs

5.5 Hanool Robotics

5.5.1 Hanool Robotics Synchronous Mobile Robot

5.6 Hayward

5.6.1 Totally Hayward™ System

5.6.2 Hayward® Industries Commercial Pool Products

5.6.3 Hayward Commercial

5.1 iRobot

5.1.1 iRobot Role In The Robot Industry

5.1.2 iRobot Robots

5.1.3 iRobot Home Cleaning Robots

5.6.4 iRobot Government & Industrial Robots: Protecting those in harm’s way

5.1.4 iRobot SUGV (Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle).

5.6.5 iRobot Strategic Alliances: InTouch Health

5.1.5 iRobot FirstLook

5.1.6 iRobot Revenue 2011, First Quarter 2012

5.6.6 iRobot Regional Revenue

5.1.7 iRobot Government and Industrial 2011

5.1.8 iRobot $7.4 Million Order for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles

5.1.9 iRobot Looks To Expand in Latin America and China

5.1.10 iRobot PackBots

5.6.7 iRobot

5.6.8 iRobot Strategy

5.6.9 iRobot Home Floor Cleaning Robots

5.6.10 iRobot Scooba Major Consumer Product Line

5.6.11 iRobot Pool Cleaning Robots

5.6.12 iRobot Gutter Cleaning Robot

5.6.13 iRobot Programmable Robot

5.6.14 iRobot Military Programs

5.6.15 iRobot Partners and Strategic Alliance

5.6.16 iRobot / Boeing Company

5.6.17 iRobot / Advanced Scientific Concepts

5.6.18 iRobot / TASER International

5.7 Karcher

5.8 KumoTek

5.8.1 KumoTek Divisions

5.8.2 KumoTek Consumer Robotics Group

5.9 Kyosho

5.10 LG

5.11 Lilin Group

5.12 Matsutek

5.12.1 Matsutek Main Products:

5.13 Metapo

5.14 Microbric

5.14.1 Microbric Technical Aspects

5.15 MSI

5.16 Neato Robotics

5.17 NEC

5.17.1 NEC Robots That Live With, And Have The Ability To Interact With Humans

5.17.2 NEC Sales

5.18 Parallax

5.19 Samsung

5.19.1 Samsung Strategic Change

5.19.2 Samsung Apps

5.19.3 Samsung Display and Information Technology Innovations

5.19.4 Samsung Cameras: Consumer-Inspired Design

5.19.5 Samsung Creating a Future Home Entertainment TV

5.19.6 Samsung Sales

5.20 Surveyor

5.21 Yujin Robot

5.22 Zodiac Pool Systems

Table ES-1 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces

Table ES-2 Consumer Home Cleaning Product Development Challenges

Table ES-3 Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Table ES-4 Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Figure ES-5 Vacuum Cleaner, Pool Cleaner, and Floor Washing Robot

Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018

Table 2-1 Cleaning Robotics Market Driving Forces

Table 2-2 Consumer Home Cleaning Product Development Challenges

Table 2-3 Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Table 2-4 Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Figure 2-5 Vacuum Cleaner, Pool Cleaner, and Floor Washing Robot

Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018

Figure 2-6 Cleaning Robot Market Shipment Forecasts, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2012-2018

Table 2-7 Cleaning Robot Market Shipment Forecasts Units and Dollars,

Worldwide, 2012-2018

Figure 2-5 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Table 2-6 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Figure 2-7 iRobot® Roomba® Image

Figure 2-8 LG Electronics LrV5900 Robot Vacuum

Figure 2-10 Panasonic Fukitorimushi Robotic Vacuum

Figure 2-10 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments Market Forecasts

Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018

Figure 2-11 Vacuum Cleaner Robot Shipments Market Forecasts

Units, Worldwide, 2012-2018

Table 2-12 Vacuum Cleaning Robot Shipments

Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016

Figure 2-13 Pool Cleaning Robot Shipments Market Shares, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2011

Table 2-14 Pool Cleaning Robot Shipments

Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Figure 2-15 Pool Cleaner Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018

Figure 2-16 Pool Cleaner Market Forecasts Units and Dollars,

Worldwide, 2012-2018

Table 2-17 Floor Washing Robot Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2011

Table 2-18 Floor Washing Robot Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars,

Worldwide, 2012-2018

Figure 2-19 iRobot Home Products

Table 2-20 Worldwide Home Robot Vacuum Cleaner Market Penetration

Market Forecasts, Units, 2008-2014

Table 2-21 Worldwide Pool Cleaning Robot Shipments Market

Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014

Table 2-21 Worldwide Households and Populations,-2012

Figure 2-22 Cleaning Robots Regional Market Segments, Dollars, 2011

Table 2-23 Cleaning Robots Regional Market

Segments, Dollars, 2011

Table 3-1 iRobot Robot Types

Table 3-2 iRobot Cleaning Robots Positioning

Table 3-3 Roomba Floor Vacuuming Robot Features

Table 3-4 iRobot Cleaning Robots Price Range

Table 3-5 iRobot Cleaning Robots Key Features

Figure 3-6 iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Figure 3-7 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series Vacuum Cleaning Robot

Table 3-8 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series Features

Table 3-9 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series Standard Features

Table 3-10 iRobot Roomba® 562 Pet Series Advanced Features

Table 3-11 iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Table 3-11 (Continued) iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Table 3-11 (Continued) iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Table 3-11 (Continued) iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Table 3-11 (Continued) iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots

Figure 3-12 iRobot Vacuum Cleaning Robots Accessories

Table 3-13 iRobot Roomba 500 Series Features

Table 3-13 (Continued) iRobot Roomba 500 Series Features

Table 3-14 iRobot Roomba’s Features Powerful Vacuum

Table 3-15 iRobot Technology Features

Table 3-16 iRobot Cleaning Performance Features

Table 3-16 (Continued) iRobot Cleaning Performance Features

Table 3-16 (Continued) iRobot Cleaning Performance Features

Figure 3-17 iRobot® Roomba® Image

Figure 3-18 Matsutek Vacuum Robot

Figure 3-19 Matsutek Vacuum Robot Product Line

Table 3-20 Matsutek Smart Multi-Function Vacuum Cleaner With Remote Control

Table 3-20 (Continued)

Matsutek Smart Multi-Function Vacuum Cleaner With Remote Control

Figure 3-21 Matsutek Floor Cleaning Robot

Figure 3-26 Samsung Cleaning RobotMultiple Views

Figure 3-27 Samsung Cleaning Robot

Figure 3-28 Samsung Sensor Placement

Figure 3-29 LG Electronics Robot Vacuum

Figure 3-30 LG Electronics Motor

Figure 3-31 LG Electronics Lithium Polymer Batteries

Table 3-32 LG Electronics Roboking

Figure 3-33 LG Roboking

Figure 3-34 Panasonic Fukitorimushi Robotic Vacuum

Figure 3-35 Neato XV-11 All-Floor Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

Figure 3-36 Neato XV11

Figure 3-37 Metapo Cleanmate Vacuum Robot

Figure 3-39 Metapo Infinuvo CleanMate QQ-2

Figure 3-40 Electrolux Triobite Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Image

Figure 3-41 Samsung Navibot Automatic Vacuum Cleaner

Figure 3-42 Samsung Navibot

Figure 3-43 Samsung Cleaning Robots

Figure 3-44 Dyson DC06 Robotic Vacuum

Figure 3-45 Asus Robotic Vacuum

Figure 3-46 Evolution Robotics Software Platform

Figure 3-47 Evolution Robotics Floor Cleaning

Figure 3-48 Floorbot Vacuum

Figure 3-49 Floorbotics IVAC Intelligent Commercial Vacuum

Figure 3-50 Hanool Robotics

Figure 3-51 Ecovacs Deebot D5 Robotic Vacuum

Figure 3-52 Milagrow Positioning

Figure 3-53 Selected Consumer Home Cleaning Robot Products

Table 3-54 Selected Companies Offering Cleaning Robots

Table 3-55 iRobot Floor Washing Robots Features

Table 3-56 iRobot Floor Washing Robots

Table 3-57 iRobot Floor Washing Robots Functions

Table 3-57 (Continued) iRobot Floor Washing Robots Functions

Table 3-58 Types of Swimming Pool Cleaners

Figure 3-59 Hayward Phantom Automatic Pool Cleaner

Table 3-60 Hayward Pool Cleaning Robot Features

Table 3-61 Hayward Swimming Pool Cleaners

Figure 3-62 Hayward Viio Turbo®

Table 3-63 Hayward Pool Robot Models

Table 3-60 Hayward Commercial And Spa Pool Cleaner Features

Table 3-60 (Continued) Hayward Commercial And Spa Pool Cleaner Features

Figure 3-61 Aquabot Pool Cleaning Robot

Figure 3-62 Aquabot Pool Cleaning Robot Underwater

Table 3-63 Aquabot Pool Cleaning Robot Features

Table 3-64 Aquabot Pool Cleaning Robot Models

Table 3-65 Kreepy Krauly Pool Robot Models

Table 3-66 Kreepy Krauly Pool Vacuuming And Cleaning Power

Table 3-67 Kreepy Krauly Swimming Pool Cleaners

Table 3-68 Kreepy EZ-Vac Swimming Pool Cleaner Features

Table 3-69 Kreepy Kadet Swimming Pool Cleaner Features

Table 3-70 Pentair Prowler 710 Features

Table 3-72 Pentair Prowler 720 Features

Figure 3-73 Pentair Prowler™ 720

Table 3-74 Pentair Prowler™ 720 Features

Table 3-75 Pentair Prowler 730 Remote Control

Table 3-76 Pentair PROWER 710, PROWLER 710, & 730

Table 3-77 Zodiac Baracuda Pool Robot Models

Table 3-78 Dirt Devil Pool Robot Models

Table 3-79 Letro Pool Robot Models

Table 3-80 Polaris Pool Robot Models

Table 3-81 Polaris Swimming Pool Cleaners

Figure 3-82 Zodiac Pool Care Polaris 480 PRO

Table 3-83 Maytronics Dolphin Functions

Figure 3-84 iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robot

Figure 3-85 iRobot® Verro™ 300 Pool Cleaning Robot

Table 3-86 iRobot® Verro 600 Pool Cleaning Features

Table 3-87 iRobot Verro Pool Cleaning Robot

Table 3-88 iRobot Verro Robot Pool Cleaning

Table 3-90 Aquaproducts Aquabot Models

Table 3-91 Aquabot Tempo Specifications:

Table 3-92 Aquabot Ultra Remote Control Specifications:

Table 3-93 SmartPool Robot Models

Table 3-94 

Table 3-95 iRobot Shop Sweeping

Table 3-96 iRobot Shop Sweeping

Table 3-97 iRobot Shop Sweeping

Table 3-98 iRobot Shop Sweeping

Figure 3-99 iRobot Gutter Cleaning

Figure 3-100 Robot Gutter Cleaning System

Table 4-1 Cleaning Robotics Enabling Technologies

Table 4-2 Cleaning Robot Key Technology

Table 4-3 Robot Communications Key Technology

Table 4-4 Cleaning Robot Key Navigation Technologies

Table 4-5 Human-Robot Interaction

Figure 4-6 Evolution Robotics Technology Solutions

Figure 4-7 Evolution Robotics Object Recognition

Table 4-8 Evolution Robotics Applications

Table 4-9 Visual Simultaneous Localization & Mapping

Functions Relevant to Robotics

Figure 4-10 Hitachi Modular Robot Configuration

Table 4-11 Aquabot Key Product Technology Factors

Figure 4-12 Aquabot Key Technology

Table 5-1 Bandai America Partners

Table 5-2 Bandai America Product Lines

Table 5-3 iRobot Robots Dangerous Tasks Performed

Figure 5-4 iRobot Home Robots vs, Military and First Responder Robots

Figure 5-5 KumoTek Divisions

Figure 5-6 LG Global Locations

Figure 5-7 Metapo Headquarters

Figure 5-8 Metapo Vacuum Product line

Figure 5-9 Metapo Facilities

Fiigure 5-10 Microbric Components

Table 5-11 Microbric Typical Modules

Figure 5-12 MSI Worldwide Distribution and Factory Sites

Table 5-13 NEC Personal Robot Technologies

Figure 5-14 Surveyor SRV-1 Blackfin Robot