Kev pabcuam neeg hlau muaj ntau yam kev siv, feem ntau yog ua haujlwm hauv kev saib xyuas, kho, kev thauj mus los, tu, kev ruaj ntseg, cawm, kev saib xyuas thiab lwm yam haujlwm. Tom qab ob peb xyoos ntawm kev sau thiab txheeb xyuas, International Federation of Robotics tau muab cov ntsiab lus ua ntej ntawm kev pabcuam neeg hlau: kev pabcuam neeg hlau yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ib nrab lossis muaj kev ywj pheej ua haujlwm tag nrho, uas tuaj yeem ua tiav cov haujlwm pabcuam uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau tib neeg kev noj qab haus huv, tab sis nws tsis suav nrog cov cuab yeej siv hauv kev tsim khoom. Ntawm no, peb kuj suav nrog qee lwm cov neeg hlau uas nyob ze rau tib neeg lub neej.
Nrog rau kev zam ntawm mowing robots, yuav luag tag nrho lub ntiaj teb cov khoom siv pabcuam neeg hlau yog cov neeg hlau ua lag luam los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm 1999. Cov kev siv tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg hlau tshwj xeeb no yog: cov kws kho mob robots, ntau lub hom phiaj mobile neeg hlau platform, underwater robots thiab tu neeg hlau.
Thaum kawg ntawm 1999, muaj tsawg kawg yog 6,600 tag nrho cov kev pabcuam neeg hlau nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb, ntawm 3,000 yog cov neeg hlau hauv tsev, suav txog li 50 feem pua, cov neeg hlau hauv qab dej thiab cov neeg hlau kho mob suav txog 14 feem pua thiab 12 feem pua, Raws li txoj cai, tu neeg hlau suav txog 6 feem pua, thiab tag nrho lwm cov neeg hlau suav txog 23 feem pua.
Tag nrho cov kev pabcuam neeg hlau yuav tsum nce mus rau 49,400 los ntawm 2000-2003, ntawm 40,000 yog cov neeg hlau hauv tsev (tshwj tsis yog lub tshuab nqus tsev) thiab 5,000 yog cov kws kho mob. Lub tshuab nqus tsev vacuum robots yuav nkag mus rau hauv kev ua lag luam thaum kawg ntawm 2000, thiab yog tias muag ntawm tus nqi tsim nyog, ntau tshaj 250,000 units hauv 2003.
Tag nrho cov kev muag khoom ntawm cov neeg hlau hauv tsev yuav tsum muaj ntau tshaj 300, 000 units, qhia tias kev lag luam kev pabcuam neeg hlau tab tom yuav nkag mus rau theem tshiab.
Nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm qhov kev thov thiab cov txheej txheem uas twb muaj lawm ntawm cov cuab yeej siv, cov neeg hlau siv rau cov neeg xiam oob qhab tseem tsis tau ua tiav cov hom phiaj xav tau. Hauv 10 xyoo tom ntej no, kev pabcuam neeg hlau yuav dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev pabcuam neeg hlau. Ntau lub koom haum tshawb fawb tseem ceeb tau tsom mus rau kev tsim cov neeg hlau zoo li no.
Zuag qhia tag nrho, ib qho ntawm cov teeb meem tseem ceeb hauv kev saws me nyuam yog tus nqi; Lwm qhov yog tias cov neeg siv tsis paub txog cov txiaj ntsig, kev ua tau zoo thiab kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov neeg hlau.
