Domestic robot

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First generation Roomba vacuums the carpets in a domestic environment
First generation Roomba vacuums the carpets in a domestic environment
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A domestic robot is a robot used for household chores. Thus far, there are only a few limited models; science fiction authors have suggested that they could become more common in the future.

There are different types and classes[citation needed]:

  1. Low level: a basic home robot is any robot that can be used at home, including the entertainment robots, like Aibo.
  2. Care and chore robots: used for household chores.
  3. The highest level robot is the domobot: used for household chores, autonomous and connected to a WiFi home network or smart environment. Some of them can also include a USB port.

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[edit] Domestic robots in production

[edit] Working or chore robots

Serving robot at the "Ubiquitous Dream" exhibition in Seoul, Korea on June 24, 2005.
Serving robot at the "Ubiquitous Dream" exhibition in Seoul, Korea on June 24, 2005.

[edit] Home couriers

Main article: Robotic mapping

Home transport robots are a main element in the domestic robotic system, because they join specialized processes, moving objects at home (i.e. clothes from the bathroom to the washing machine or glasses from the table to the dishwasher):

[edit] General helper robots

There are also general domestic helper robots, i.e. HRP-2.

[edit] Outdoors

Husqvarna automower in action.
Husqvarna automower in action.

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Domestic Robots in Popular Culture

  • Many cartoons feature robot maids, notably Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons.

[edit] Social Robots

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robot moves dishes from table to dishwasher - we make money not art

[edit] See also

Robotics Portal

[edit] External links