Page 133 - Digicode_AI_class_6
P. 133
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.
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.
Types of Robots 131

