Neato Robotics · working robot
XV-11
Neato's first robot vacuum, a D-shaped machine with a rotating laser turret on top that built a map of the room as it cleaned.
- Price
- $400Cheaper than 80%
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
One of the first robot vacuums to map rooms with a spinning laser distance sensor (lidar) and clean in straight lines instead of bouncing around at random.
Real-world use
Consumers
Maker
Neato RoboticsCompany · United StatesHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
XV-11 costs less than 80% of the 20 other working & field robots that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It used a laser to map the room and plan an efficient automatic cleaning path.
- Actuators & motors
- Two drive motors, a brush motor and a vacuum blower.
- Sensors & vision
- 360-degree laser distance sensor (lidar) for 2D mapping, optical drop sensors, wall-following proximity sensor, Hall-effect sensors for boundary strips, accelerometer, bump switches, wheel encoders.
- Compute
- Custom control board; Linux-based navigation software.
- Battery & power
- 3,200 mAh NiMH; about 60 minutes depending on floor (XV Signature Pro figures).
- Materials & build
- ABS plastic; D-shaped body for corners.
- AI & software
- Systematic back-and-forth cleaning from its lidar map; updates by web download or USB; limited hobbyist API.
- Other details
- The lidar hardware reportedly cost about $25, letting Neato sell a mapping robot for about $400 in 2010.
Lineage
Every Neato Robotics machine in order.
Watch XV-11
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $400About $400 at launch (IEEE Spectrum)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold to consumers from 2010; numbers not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Neato Robotics, USA (owned by Vorwerk from 2017)
- Customers and pilots
- Consumers
News
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- Vorwerk closes Neato Robotics
Parent company Vorwerk said it would shut Neato as part of a robotics restructuring, promising five years of parts and cloud support.
IEEE Spectrum
Side by side with its peers
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| Measure | XV-11Neato Robotics |  Roomba 980iRobotSame job: home floor vacuuming · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2010 | 2015-09-16 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued |
| Height | — | — |
| Weight | — | — |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | — | — |
| Payload | — | — |
| Battery | — | — |
| Price | $400 | — |
Sources
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