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Whereas vacuuming used to be done manually and with a cable, intelligent robots are now doing this work in more and more German households – often when the residents are not even at home.</p>\n</div>\n                    </div>\n\n        \n    </div>\n</section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block--spacer block--spacer-50 block--bg-transparent\" style=\"height: 50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    </div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block--text block--bg-transparent block--pad-none block--text--layout-split block--text--text-anthrazit block--text--no-button\">\n    <div class=\"container block__inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"text__content\">\n            \n            <h2 class=\"text__heading\">More time for what matters thanks to autonomous everyday helpers</h2>\n                            <div class=\"text__body\"><p>The advantage of robot vacuum cleaners is clear: not only do these autonomous, intelligent robots perform the same monotonous task for us almost stoically and conscientiously; according to our assumption, they also save each household—depending on household size—an average of up to 104 hours per year. That is just under four and a half days—time that can be put to good use elsewhere.</p>\n</div>\n                    </div>\n\n        \n    </div>\n</section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block--spacer block--spacer-50 block--bg-transparent\" style=\"height: 50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    </div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block--text block--bg-transparent block--pad-none block--text--layout-split block--text--text-anthrazit block--text--no-button\">\n    <div class=\"container block__inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"text__content\">\n            \n            <h2 class=\"text__heading\">Market figures confirm rising demand</h2>\n                            <div class=\"text__body\"><p>It is therefore to be expected that these advantages are also reflected in revenue and sales figures. Accordingly, the market for robot vacuum cleaners continues to grow. According to NIQ/GfK, around 850,000 more devices were sold in Germany in 2024 – an increase of almost 11 percent compared with the previous year. 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While the number of units sold is growing moderately, rising demand for these functionalities is driving disproportionate revenue growth. Performance and even greater convenience come at their well-deserved price.</p>\n</div>\n                    </div>\n\n        \n    </div>\n</section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block block--spacer block--spacer-50 block--bg-transparent\" style=\"height: 50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n    </div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block--text block--bg-transparent block--pad-none block--text--layout-split block--text--text-anthrazit block--text--no-button\">\n    <div class=\"container block__inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"text__content\">\n            \n            <h2 class=\"text__heading\">Automation in the home: a trend with a future</h2>\n                            <div class=\"text__body\"><p>Dr. Sara Warnke, Managing Director of gfu, sees the NIQ/GfK figures as indicating a new standard: “Robot vacuum cleaners now account for one percent of total revenue in the B2C home and consumer tech market. This shows that they are no longer just a technical gimmick. 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