Service Providing Robots :: Robotics

Many classs ago, service-providing robots have been considered no more asfictitious thoughts made by deranged scientists and professors. In recent twelvemonths, peoplehave seen it become a reality. Within the past few years, many robotic products havecome out that provide services for humans. subscribe to for these products have increaseddramatically since then. One such robot is the Roomba, by iRobot. One author stated,Uh oh. Somebodys going to have to pillage this up, I thought, looking down at thesausage and hamburger bits all over the carpetAs I went to eviscerate the vacuum cleaner, Iwondered if it was time to get a personal robot. He isnt alone, stating that more than1.5 million domestic cleaning robots have been sold by iRobot alone. They make fourdifferent models that clean all types of surfaces. Due to this sudden increase in sales,other companies have produced other robot types. A few examples are the ZucchettiOrazio floor cleaner, the Karcher RC3000 Robocleaner, and t he Electrolux EL520ATrilobite. Although demand has not caught up to the new boom in the industry, thecompanies will welcome consumers with open arms when they decide to make the switchalso. (Toplikar)Another article, released in 2003, states that in the starting six months of that year,there was a twenty-six percent increase in demand for domestic and industrious robots forhouseholds and factories. Between January and June of 2003, 80,000 new robots weresold in europium alone, claims the UN Economic Commission for Europe and theInternational Federation of Robotics, despite the twelve percent drop in the roboticsmarket the previous year. Sales in uniting America increased an amazing thirty-fivepercent a true economical boom. Industry still uses the volume of robots inmanufacturing, although domestic units continue to grow. The majority of robots are inJapan, yet sales and use of robots in the United States will likely rise up as well. In 2002,new units, such as the automated lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners, rose from 20,000 to33,000 units in a single year. (Clark)A third article talks about the disappointment in the year 2001, when SonysAibo, a limited robotic dog came out, and how robots are going to improve in the years tocome. In a talk with the creator of RoboSapiens, Mark Tilden, he explains the realisticfuture of robots. Robots are going to match their function, such as for entertainment,cleaning, and intelligent service. Robots already are becoming exactly what he said. Inthe year 2010, it is predicted that there will be 55.5 million robots, with a market of $75