What is Ecovacs? Ecovacs Review, Features

As one of the world's earliest service robot developers and manufacturers, Ecovacs Robotics focuses on independent research and development, design, manufacturing and sales of service robots.

About the Founder

Qian Dongqi, born in Nanjing, Jiangsu in 1958, is the founder of Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. and currently the chairman of Ecovacs Group.

In 1998, he founded Ecovacs Robotics Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. and started a business with Ms. Zhuang Jianhua (General Manager of Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd.), and began to independently develop and produce smart home robots, and jointly created the brand "Ecovacs".

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In the more than ten years since its establishment, Ecovacs Robotics has successfully launched a complete home robot product line including the sweeping robot Deebot, the window cleaning robot Chuangbao, the air purification robot Qinbao and the housekeeping robot UNIBOT, as well as a commercial robot series product centered on the public service robot Wangbao. Ecovacs Robotics has been working hard in the service robot market for more than ten years and has won unanimous recognition from users.

Corporate Philosophy

Ecovacs has always been committed to the mission of "letting robots serve families around the world" so that more people can enjoy the smart life brought by technological innovation.

Product History

-In 2001, the first automatic walking vacuum cleaner robot was developed, which was also the predecessor of the sweeping robot Deebot.

-In October 2008, Deebao 7 Series was successfully developed.

-In December 2009, a new product launch conference was held in Beijing, launching the world's first talking and dancing Deebot 730.

-In August 2010, a new product launch conference was held in Beijing to release the world's first air purification robot, Qinbao A330.

-In October 2011, a new product launch conference was held in Shanghai, launching the world's first household window cleaning robot, the Windowbot 5 Series.

- In July 2012, the company launched the world’s first single-sided window cleaning robot, the Windowbot 7 Series; in August, the company held a new product launch event in Guangzhou and launched the “butler” robot concept product Qinbao.

-In September 2013, a new product launch conference was held in Nanjing, launching the world's first DEEBOT 9 series with global planning, remote control and other functions, officially announcing the arrival of the floor cleaning 4.0 era.

-In October 2014, a new product launch conference was held in Beijing, releasing four products: Qinbao A630, Chuangbao W830, Chuangbao W930 and Deebao DM81; Ecovacs official website was officially launched.

-In May 2015, Ecovacs Robotics cooperated with Disney to launch the Avengers series of sweeping robots, and cooperated with Tmall, JD.com, Alibaba Pictures and others to promote the movie and launch new products; in November, the DEEBOT DR95 was released, equipped with Ecovacs Robotics' latest Smart Navi technology, leading the new trend of global planning of "map first, clean later".

-In May 2016, a new product launch conference was held in Suzhou to release the "butler" robot UNIBOT, and explained that the development path of household service robots is "tool-butler-companion".

-In August 2017, Ecovacs Robotics held a new product launch conference at the main forum of the Beijing World Robot Conference, releasing four new products: the air purification robot Qinbao AA3, the sweeping robot Deebot DG3, the window cleaning robot Wireless Windowbot, and the public service robot Wangbao 3.

- In March 2018, Ecovacs launched its new visual navigation robot vacuum cleaner DJ35. In July, it launched its annual high-end robot vacuum cleaner DN55, equipped with the new generation of global planning system Smart Navi 2.0, LDS laser radar ranging sensor and SLAM algorithm.

-In March 2019, ECOVACS launched the DG70 sweeping robot equipped with AIVI visual recognition technology at CES 2019; in March, the 2019 flagship DEEBOT T5 series was launched; in June, the DEEBOT N5 series of sweeping robots customized for mothers and babies was launched; in August, the new generation of ultra-thin sweeping robot DEEBOT U3 series was launched.

Development History

-On March 11, 1998, the company was founded, starting its exploration in the field of household robots.

-In 2000, the HSR (Home Service Robot) home service robot research and development project team was established.

-In 2003, we gradually established an intellectual property system to strengthen the protection of our own intellectual property rights and provide patent support for our R&D department.

-In February 2004, we obtained the WTDP laboratory certification designated by UL of the United States.

-In October 2005, the central laboratory passed ISO17025 certification.

-In December 2006, the company began to transform into a brand enterprise focusing on technological innovation and brand building.

-In August 2007, the company was approved as a high-tech enterprise in Jiangsu Province.

-In 2009, Mr. Qian Dongqi proposed the blue ocean strategy for home service robots and began to build a more comprehensive product category; in the same year, the air purification robot project was launched.

-In September 2010, it was approved as the Jiangsu Provincial Enterprise Academician Workstation.

-In December 2011, it was awarded the title of "Model Enterprise for Processing Trade Transformation and Upgrading" by the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China.

-In February 2012, ECOVACS Europe GmbH, the European sales subsidiary of Ecovacs Robotics, was established in Düsseldorf, Germany. This is Ecovacs' first overseas sales subsidiary. In November, ECOVACS ROBOTICS Inc., the North American sales subsidiary of Ecovacs Robotics, was established in Los Angeles, USA.

-In March 2013, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) hosted the Household Service Robot Performance Test and Evaluation Standard Working Group (IEC TC59 WG16) meeting in Suzhou. This was the first meeting in the international robotics field where a Chinese company took the lead in formulating international standards as the convener of a working group.

-In August 2014, we obtained authorization from the Ministry of Economic Revitalization, Industrial and Labor Bureau of Japan and successfully passed the most stringent entry requirements for the Japanese robot industry.

-In December 2015, the Japanese branch ECOVACS JAPAN CO., LTD. was established in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

-In May 2016, the "Chuangxiang Robot Museum" opened, which is the first robot-themed museum in the country; in November, the Ecovacs Dandelion Incubation Accelerator Project was launched, dedicated to creating an ecosystem for entrepreneurs in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.

-In August 2017, Ecovacs Robotics held a new product launch conference in Beijing, becoming the first brand to hold a launch conference at the main forum of the World Robot Conference.

-In May 2018, Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. was officially listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on May 28; in July, Ecovacs Robotics Nanjing Artificial Intelligence Research Institute was officially established.

- In September 2019, Ecovacs Robotics launched its new brand visual identification (VI) system at the IFA exhibition in Germany; in November, Ecovacs' total online transaction volume exceeded 780 million during the Double 11 shopping festival, ranking first on the three major platforms of Tmall, JD.com and Suning.