Home Automation and Robots

Now we know this article may sound like the wackiest one that you probably have EVER read but we are serious on the subject. Home automation has had some very interesting aspects to it but one of the most amazing that we can think of has to be the use of robots. Again forgive us for the nature of this article we are not trying to write a sci-fi article this stuff like all the other home automation technology is more fact these days than fiction. We do not kid! Now let's explain a bit about the robot concept with home automation it is a very cool and interesting one. If we do say so ourselves. Now as far as these type of robots go they are better known as domestic robots and they perform household chores for the occupants.

So far it is definitely something that isn't common to a household like a computer has been for quite some time. Now a lot of people watch movies or read books and see that the domestic robot is a fixture in all those sci-fi stories. Laugh at it at first but it could very well be a reality. We just mentioned computers there were years and years previous to the technological boom with computers where the common man would never dream of even owning one. These days there are households that have more than one computer in their household. Domestic robots are a very good example of a home automated accessory that you could very well see in many a household one day.

In fact Microsoft founder Bill Gates even authored a piece on the subject called "A Robot In Every Home". This writing discusses the potential of where we could see this technology wind up in the coming years. The business icon sees society functioning alongside these machines one day.

There are three levels of robots that we know about right now that are available. They all serve different functions and vary in their level of sophistication in their use. For starters we have the low level robot it's the basic bot intended for the home and is mostly intended for entertainment like the toy known as Aibo. Then there are robots that do work and tasks for you. They're called care and chore robots. Then there is the domobot the high end of the homebots. These do it all they are excellent for doing work around the house and they operate freely via a Wi-Fi network or a smart environment. Some may use USB technology too.

As of the year 2006 there is an amount of service robots in use in an estimated number of 3,540,000. This is in comparison to the 950,000 industrial robots. These are definitely some fascinating stats and figures to actually think about with this burgeoning technology. Home robots definitely have the potential of being home automation's crowning jewel of technologies and it may just happen sooner than you think.