Sweeping robot, also known as an automatic sweeper, intelligent vacuum cleaner, and robotic vacuum cleaner, is a type of intelligent household appliances that can automatically complete the floor cleaning work in a room by virtue of certain artificial intelligence. Generally, robots that perform cleaning, vacuuming, and floor cleaning work are also collectively classified as cleaning robots. According to the cleaning system, sweeping robots can be generally divided into single-suction type, middle brush wafer type and lifting V brush cleaning system type sweeping robot. According to the detection system, the sweeping robot can be divided into infrared sensing and ultrasonic bionic technology.

The industrial chain of the sweeping robot industry can be divided into upstream, midstream and downstream. Upstream refers to parts suppliers or material suppliers that produce various parts required for cleaning robots. Among them, the main components include rubber tires, motors, batteries, vacuum host equipment, rotating brushes, etc. The midstream manufacturing process includes infrared sensing robots and ultrasonic bionic robots. The downstream of the sweeping robot industry mainly reaches the final consumer through channels such as supermarkets, brand stores, and e-commerce links.

At present, housework robots occupy a major part of the sales volume of personal and home service robots, and they are developing rapidly. The development of housework robots is mainly due to the rise of the cleaning robot market. According to HJ Research, global sales of personal and home service robots in 2015 were 5.4 million units, of which 3.7 million were home service robots, accounting for nearly 70%. According to estimates, from 2016 to 2019, the total sales of personal and home service robots will be 42 million units, of which 30.80 million are home service robot, accounting for nearly 75%. Sweeping robots are currently the dominant category in housework robots. According to estimates, from 2016 to 2019, the global sales of sweeping robots will reach 30 million units, accounting for 97.4% of the total sales of housekeeping robots. Global sweeping robot market was valued at 4122 Million US$ in 2018 and is projected to reach 7350 Million US$ by 2024, at a CAGR of 10.12% during the forecast period.

Key players in global sweeping robot market include: IRobot, Ecovrcs, Haier, Vbot, Fmart, KV8, Proscenic, Philips, LEXY, Neato Robotics, DIBEA etc.