Genius brains are always at work to come up with innovative hi-tech products that make our living comfortable. Let’s take the example of robots that help us do household tasks! Time is not far when robots will switch over the human’s role in fulfilling the household responsibilities. How about checking 10 robotic buddies that promise to help you do the household tasks? Read and roll on!
• ApriAttenda by Toshiba
ApriAttenda, a housekeeping robot by Toshiba, is capable of opening refrigerator doors and picking up boxes. It’s a 1-meter-tall robot that can become 0.3 meter taller to work at high places. This robot’s hand are controlled with a wire and it has three fingers on its arms with a small CCD camera in its hands.
• uBot-5: Useful for emergencies
The uBot-5, a child-size robot, has been developed by researchers at the University of Massachusetts that will help elderly people in their homes. The robot is mounted with an LCD screen and a webcam with a wireless connection to the internet. It even help in the case of emergencies by dialing doctors if anything wrong happens.
• Okonomiyaki robot cooks pancakes for breakfast
Osaka-based robot makers Toyo Riki Co have created a robot that can prepare and cook delicious and yummy pancakes instantly for you. This smart robot prepares the batter for pancakes by stirring all the ingredients in a bowl and then pouring the batter on the heated pan. Before serving, it flips the pancake with a spatula and while serving, it also asks you what sauces you prefer with your dish. The Motoman SDA10 Okonomiyaki robot is 4.5 feet tall, and weighs 480 pounds.
• Robo-sapiens, your home assistant!
If you are tired of doing the dishes, the readybot prototype robot offers you help by picking up all the dishes such as cups, bowls and plates. It puts all the dishes into the dishwasher and simplifies your work. It looks like a box and runs on wheels. It is fitted with five cameras and six lasers to navigate the home. Moreover, it also helps in serving breakfast and cleaning the house.
• Twendy-one: Unique invention!
Japan’s 147-centimeter-tall humanoid robot provides a very good helping hand in the household.The Twendy-one is made of a pure white body and has blue colored eyes with red arm joints. The robot can take high shocks, as it has in built sensors and stretchy joints. Developed by Waseda University of Tokyo, the robot performs its duties perfectly. It is capable of serving people and doing other household chores.
• Care -o- Bot: Smart robot
The Care-o-Bot is a good caretaker of the house. Capable of serving guests, it is a safe and less error-prone robot. It is a smart robot, capable of handling all human jobs.
• Kitchen robot makes it easy for you
This robot capable of serving the tea and washing was developed by professors at Tokyo University. The robot is designed to make life easy for human beings, as it can be used in different environments. It is useful in providing help in situations where people are not in the condition to perform the household chores on their own.
The robot maid capable of doing laundry and cleaning performs its duties by identifying the objects and obstacles. This mechanical helper has helped companies by cutting down on the amount of helping staff.
• Assistant robot: A new humanoid
AR (Assistant Robot): This 1.6-meter-tall and 130kg robot was developed under a joint venture between Prof. Masayuki Inaba’s team and Toyota. It is capable of recognizing the environment with the help of its laser rangefinder and stereo camera that assists in fusing the data together. Also, it is capable of calculating that whether the job performed by it is successful or not. It is provided by 3D geometric model that helps in creation of motion in AR. It is capable of picking up things and cleaning the floor.
Aiko is a female robot and is made from silicone and AI technology. She looks, feels and acts like humans. Capable of speaking two languages, she is a master mathematician and has 13,000 sentences in her vocabulary. Moreover, she also reacts when shown affection or hurt.
Surely by now you know which one you need to help you complete the most the most irksome tasks at home. And yes, these robotic buddies won’t complain of being assigned the job that you hate to do. These innovative robots are happy to help!
