Everyday Robots

We already have many kinds of robots. Industries use a variety of robots, and now they are becoming more common at home.
The Husqvarna Group makes a lawn-mowing robot called the ‘Auto Mower’. The robot has sensors that detect where objects are in the yard and it manoeuvres around them. The robot can cut the grass while you relax on the patio with a glass of lemonade. Also, Eureka now makes a robotic vacuum cleaner. Like the robot lawnmower, the vacuum cleaner automatically detects where the furniture is and vacuums the area around it.
Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. A car with GPS can give you directions on how to go somewhere, tell you where the closest gas station is and, someday in the future, will drive itself. You will take a nap or read while the car drives itself to your destination.
We even have robotic pets now. Sony makes a robotic dog named Aibo. It can sit, stand and walk like a regular dog. It can also communicate and take pictures! Aibo understands certain commands, like a dog does, such as ‘sit down’, ‘stand up’, ‘turn right’ etc. Aibo can also answer certain questions. If you ask it ‘How old are you?’, its eyes will flash as many times as its years of age.
Aibo is also a great guard dog. He can patrol the yard and take pictures of anything suspicious with a built-in camera.