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Service Robots
A service robot is a robot that is designed to perform tasks that are either time consuming,
dangerous or repetitive. This helps humans to accomplish more intellectual tasks. These robots
are commonly found in households.
Brainy Fact
There were an estimated 16.3 million service robots in 2018.
Some popular service robots are:
• Robotic Vacuum cleaners and floor washing robots: They
are used to clean floors with sweeping and wet mopping
functions.
• Ironing Robots: They are used to iron clothes
using hot air. Some advanced robots can even
fold and organise the clothes as Laundroid which
use image analysis and artificial intelligence to
complete such tasks.
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