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=== Robotic Vacuum Cleaners === In 2002, [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] and Friendly Robotics announced a strategic alliance for developing [[robotic vacuum cleaner]]s.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-hoover-company-and-friendly-robotics-launch-strategic-alliance-partnership-will-result-in-first-robotic-vacuum-cleaner-in-north-america-76715627.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170613014208/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-hoover-company-and-friendly-robotics-launch-strategic-alliance-partnership-will-result-in-first-robotic-vacuum-cleaner-in-north-america-76715627.html| archive-date = 2017-06-13| title = The Hoover Company and Friendly Robotics Launch Strategic Alliance; Partnership Will Result in}} </ref> By 2004, the first model, Friendly Vac RV400, was on the market. Weighing in at 23 pounds, it is the largest robotic cleaner of all times.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Corporation |first1=Bonnier |title=Popular Science |date=2004 |publisher=Bonnier Corporation |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAAAAAAAMBAJ |accessdate=19 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> However, this line of products was discontinued,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robotbg.com/robots/floor_cleaners/friendly_robotics/friendly_vac|title=Friendly Robotics Friendly Vac floor cleaner robot - Robot Buying Guide|website=robotbg.com}}</ref> and the company now focuses only on robotic lawn mowers.
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