Domestic robot

While most domestic robots are simplistic, some are connected to Wi-Fi home networks or smart environments and are autonomous to a high degree.

[1] People began to design robots for processing materials and construct products, especially during the Industrial Revolution in the period about 1760 to around 1840.

This historical event marked a major turning point in history since people's living standard was greatly improved during that period.

An improved generation of HERO 1 in educational purpose was HERO 2000 which "featured advanced programmability" and another generation, the Arm Trainer was for an industrial purpose and it was able to control the operation of full-scale industrial robots.

To solve this problem, the second and third generation contained an infrared transmitter and could be controlled by a remote pad.

Different kinds include: Security robots such as Knightscope have a night-vision-capable wide-angle camera that detects movements and intruders.

[7] Atlas is a robot built to perform in house task such as sweeping, opening doors, climbing stairs, etc.

Robotic lawn mowers come with a power unit which may be an electric motor or internal combustion engine.

Others can mow a lawn as large as 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2), can handle a hill inclined up to 27 degrees.

[7] Gutter-cleaning robots such as Looj use brushes and rubber blades to remove debris from rain gutters; users operate the device using a remote.

A window-washing robot commonly uses two magnetic modules to navigate windows as it sprays the cleaning solution onto microfiber pads to wash them.

Home-telepresence robots can move around in a remote location and let one communicate with people there via its camera, speaker, and microphone.