Every year the household appliances in our apartments and houses become more and more complicated and independent. Soon the images from science fiction movies about robotic housekeepers will become reality.
In the meantime, these indispensable assistants are gradually being introduced into our everyday reality.
Robot vacuum cleaner
This home helper can not be called a novelty market appliances. It has been produced for several years, sold en masse in online stores and retail stores. The owners of robot vacuum cleaners note many pros and cons of this cleaner.
Robot vacuum cleaners move around the house by themselves with the help of a built-in navigation system, various sensors help him to recognize obstacles to bypass them. Experts say that when buying such an assistant, you should pay attention to the suction power and the volume of garbage capacity, the ability to remove larger debris, as well as the speed of movement and navigation system. In their opinion, it is better to choose a more expensive but powerful model than a cheap and of little use.
The advantages of the robot vacuum cleaner include its independence, that is, it can clean without the owner of the apartment, if it is programmed for a certain time. Good for this assistant and for people with disabilities, as without their participation cope with cleaning the room. A robot vacuum cleaner does not work as noisy as his manual brethren.
Robot window cleaner
A dream of many housewives is coming true: on the market of household appliances on sale is a robot window cleaner.
In recent years in our city and all over the country the building of high-rise buildings (20-25 floors) with full glazing or big windows is rapidly developing. For many housewives cleaning windows in the apartments of such houses is dangerous. Cleaning services for windows in multistory buildings in our city is not cheap, and dirty windows are annoying. So people have to risk their lives to wash the windows in their apartments. To help them come to the aid of a robot window washer. Retailers do not yet offer these models, but online stores have a selection of these devices.
A robot-washer is a vacuum device, usually rectangular or slightly rounded in shape. It is attached to the glass due to the suction power. It has several modes of movement programmed into it. The device recognizes boundaries and obstacles. It is turned on with a button or remote control. It has a dry cleaning mode and a wet mode.
The undoubted advantage of this device is its versatility. It can wash and clean furniture, walls, bathroom tiles, pool, etc.
Now a little about the minuses. The robot-washer works from the network. That is, you need an extension cord to have enough wire for the entire length and height of the window. The sensors do not always work properly, recognizing obstacles, and the device does not reach the junction of glass and frame.
Robot heavy-duty carrier
Another important new product on the market has its place. The robot weight lifter.
Imagine how nice it is to go shopping in a supermarket or on a market with such an assistant. Instead of you heavy bags will obediently pull the robot without extra words or censures! Beautiful! But this is in the future. Until then, these robots will carry heavy objects only a short distance and mostly indoors, as they can only move around on a flat surface. Manufacturers are promising to put such devices into mass production next year. But they have been on display at robotics exhibitions for a long time.
Such machines can carry from 20 to 500 kg of cargo. Some of the exhibited robotic load-carriers pick up the necessary items and carry (transport) them to the desired location on their own, while some only transport the cargo so far. So far, there are no such models in retail sales. We are waiting for the next year. They will definitely take root in the household, hospitality industry, trade and many other areas of the economy.
The robotic lawnmower
This home assistant model is already on sale in retail and on the Internet.
It somewhat resembles a robot vacuum cleaner, only it has other functions. The lawn mower cuts the grass by itself, and it does it very accurately and evenly. The device has a rechargeable battery, which is charged from the network, it is equipped with various sensors that recognize obstacles and the necessary front of work. By the way, it will not mow bushes or flowers. The robot is programmed only to mow the lawn to a certain length.
Its significant disadvantage is that it does not collect the cut grass and leaves it lying on the lawn, also he is not able to very high and rough vegetation. It is only good for keeping the lawn in order: a certain height.
