| pt type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | are several domestic robots in the market today, but |
| ch_type = "mpu"; ch_width = 590; ch_height = 250; | | | | most of them still lack in function and technology. |
| ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; | | | | However, there are three domestic robots that |
| ch_vertical ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article | | | | remain to be useful when it comes to assisting in |
| Mixed Top"; var ch_queries = new Array( ); var | | | | household chores. If I were you, I would get a hold |
| th)); if ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) { | | | | of one of these immediately. |
| ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected]; } Quite simply, | | | | PatrolBot |
| a domestic robot is either a simple or complex | | | | Built by MobileRobots Inc., the PatrolBot is a |
| machine used for household chores. There are only a | | | | programmable, self-sufficient and general-purpose |
| few limited models thus far, but scientists all over the | | | | service robot. What it does is it roams around like a |
| country are anticipating a robot revolution within the | | | | security guard, or goes to pre-programmed places |
| next couple of decades. In fact in 2006, America's | | | | using a map, which you can create and edit manually |
| richest man Bill Gates wrote an article entitled "A | | | | using its computer system. What began as a mere |
| Robot in Every Home", which discusses the great | | | | security robot that roams around a certain place, the |
| potential for robots in a typical American household. | | | | PatrolBot is now used for a broad range of |
| There are three classes of domestic robots: low | | | | applications. It can take care of security with its |
| level, care and chore, and the highest level robot, the | | | | multiple cameras and detection abilities. It can carry |
| domobot. Low level robots are basic machines usually | | | | up to 15 lbs of weight, which means you can have it |
| for entertainment purposes. One example of this | | | | carry and deliver objects from point A to point B. As |
| would be the Aibo, a robotic pet. Both care and | | | | a Wi-Fi device, PatrolBot can operate autonomously |
| chore robots, and domobots are used for household | | | | or be controlled using a remote control unit and other |
| chores, but domobots are far more sophisticated as | | | | indoor services such as deliveries and memory |
| they are autonomous and high-powered units. There | | | | scanning. |