This is a list of home automation topics on Wikipedia.
Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.
It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.
Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.
The control panel for a building that has elements of automation
The T-Com-Haus in
Berlin
,
Germany
was designed to demonstrate state-of-the-art home automation.
A display at Computex 2008 showing a home automation system and embedded boards
A
Dustbot
is a
domestic robot
that can collect garbage from homes. It can be summoned by phone call or
SMS
, and uses
GPS
to automatically make its way to the customer, collect the rubbish, and take it to a dustbin.
