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Encyclopedia > Domestic robots

A domestic robot is a robot used for household chores.


There are different home robot types and classes:

  1. Low level: a basic home robot is any robot that can be used at home, including the entertainment robots, like Aibo.
  2. Care robot: disabled robot.
  3. Chore robot : used for household chores.
  4. The highest level robot is the domobot (used for household chores, autonomous and connected to a domotic network, such as an EIB network with wireless connection (bluetooth, WiFi).
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Ironing

Have just appeared Dressman, a Siemens robot that irons.


Vacuum-cleaner

You can see Roomba, Robo Maxx, Trilobite and so on.


There are also robots for cleaning the pool and RoboMower (by Friendly Robotics) for mowing the lawn.


Multifunctional

Valerie, a multifunctional domestic chores robot.


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BBC News | Sci/Tech | Robots' destiny of drudgery (437 words)
Domestic chores such as scrubbing the floor, emptying the dishwasher and setting the table are set to become a thing of the past - at least for the wealthy.
However, the European robot market increased by 10% in 1998 and orders further afield are said to have rocketed in the first half of this year.
But the report points out domestic robots are only likely to be snapped up by the wealthy who put a high price on their leisure time.
Robots (308 words)
Robot is an automatic machine capable of doing many tasks within changing enviroments,which can be taught or programmed to do work.It may not resemble a human being but it does many jobs like us.
What is Hero I? Hero I is the name of a domestic 50 cm tall robot developed by Heathkit company of America.It can hold an object in his hand and can take a dog for a walk.
Domestic robots are capable of washing clothes,serving drinks,laying tables and cleaning houses have been developed in U.S.A and Japan.
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