Neato Robotics · working robot
Botvac
Neato's redesigned line of D-shaped lidar robot vacuums, later including Wi-Fi Botvac Connected and D-series models with saved maps and no-go zones. It used the Revo laser distance sensor to map rooms and clean in rows.
- Price
- —Range priced by model; the top Botvac Connected cost $700 in 2016 (IEEE Spectrum). Launch prices not confirmed.
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A discontinued machine from Neato Robotics.
Real-world use
Sold widely to consumers from 2014 until Neato closed in 2023; Vorwerk shut down Neato's cloud services in 2025, cutting app features for connected models.
Timeline
- Released
- 2014
Maker
Neato RoboticsCompany · United StatesPublic 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
- 3 news stories 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 maps rooms with its laser and cleans them in rows by itself.
- Actuators & motors
- Drive wheels and casters, main brush, small magnetic side brush.
- Sensors & vision
- Rear-mounted rotating laser turret (lidar) for mapping; front drop sensors; bumper.
- AI & software
- Laser-based mapping and systematic cleaning; Botvac Connected added Wi-Fi and an app (2015); D7 added persistent maps and zone cleaning (2018).
- Other details
- D-shaped body for corners. 2018 prices: Botvac D4 Connected $500, D6 $700 (IEEE Spectrum).
Lineage
Every Neato Robotics machine in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedRange priced by model; the top Botvac Connected cost $700 in 2016 (IEEE Spectrum). Launch prices not confirmed.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold to consumers 2014-2023; numbers not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Neato Robotics, USA (Vorwerk-owned 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 - Neato adds zone cleaning to D7
At IFA, Neato added zone cleaning to the Botvac D7 and introduced cheaper D4 and D6 models.
IEEE Spectrum - Review: Botvac Connected
IEEE Spectrum reviewed the $700 Wi-Fi, lidar-equipped Botvac Connected.
IEEE Spectrum
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | BotvacNeato Robotics |  Roomba 980iRobotSame job: home floor vacuuming · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Roomba i7+iRobotSame job: home floor vacuuming · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2014 | 2015-09-16 | 2018-09-06 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued |
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Sources
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