However, scientists from the University of Bath and the University of Calgary in Canada, have set out to prove that cleaners ...

“A robot vacuum could, for instance, use its idle time to monitor home security, water the plants or assist an older person to stand from a sitting position. These tasks tap into the robot’s ...

Robot vacuums spend most of their time doing nothing. They typically clean for less than two hours per day. The rest of the time, they sit idle and unused. This is a waste of potential.

Domestic robots, such as robot vacuum cleaners, spend most of their day idle - researchers propose ways to work them harder to make our own lives easier. At a time when we run ourselves ragged to ...

A team of computer scientists at the University of Bath in the U.K. suggests that latent robotic devices, such as Roombas for ...

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“Mobile domestic robots, like robot vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers, are perceived as limited, single-task devices but there is a strong argument that they are under-used for practical tasks. For most ...

Scientists have reprogrammed a robot vacuum cleaner to help charge a phone and assist in a home workout because they think the machines are currently too "idle". Researchers from the University of ...