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There were an estimated
16.3 million service robots
in 2018.
Some popular service robots 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.
Kitchen Robots: Kitchen robots are used to carry out kitchen work, for
example: Rotimatic which makes flatbreads, totrillas, and puris out of
flour in just a few minutes.
Robotic lawn mower: It is a lawn mower that is able
to mow a lawn by itself after being programmed. Once
programmed, this robot repeats the operation by
itself according to its programming.
Security Robots
Security robots such as Knightscope have a night-vision-capable wide-angle camera that detects
movements and intruders. It can patrol places and shoot video of suspicious activities too. It can
then send alerts via email or text messages; the stored history of past alerts and videos are accessible
via the web. The robot can also be configured to go into action at any time of the day.
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