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Robotic Applications in Smart Homes
Control of the physical environment
Automated blinds
Thermostats and heating ducts
Automatic room partitioning
Personal service robots
House cleaning
Lawn mowing
Assistance to the elderly and handicapped
Office assistants
Robotic Applications in Smart Homes
Control of the physical environment
Automated blinds
Thermostats and heating ducts
Automatic room partitioning
Personal service robots
House cleaning
Lawn mowing
Assistance to the elderly and handicapped
Office assistants
What is a Robot ?
Robota (Czech) = A worker of forced labor
Japanese Industrial Robot Association:
A robot is a device with degrees of freedom that
can be controlled
Historical Robots include:
Mechanical automata
Motor-driven automata
Computer-controlled robots
Traditional Robotics
Industrial robot manipulators
Repetitive tasks
High speed
Few sensing operations
High precision movements
Pre-planned trajectories and task policies
No interaction with humans