Personal robot

Pictogram showing a personal robot (PR)

A personal robot is one whose human interface and design make it useful for individuals. This is by contrast to industrial robots which are generally configured and operated by robotics specialists. A personal robot is one that enables an individual to automate the repetitive or menial part of home or work life making them more productive.

Similar to the way that the transition from mainframe computers to the personal computers revolutionized personal productivity, the transition from industrial robotics to personal robotics is changing productivity in home and work settings.

Turning a robot like ASIMO or Atlas into a universally applicable personal robot or artificial servant is mainly a programming task. As of 2016 vast improvements in motion planning, computer vision (esp. scene recognition), natural language processing, and automated reasoning are indispensable to make this a possibility.

History

• iRobot Corp. introduced the Roomba in 2002
• The Institute for Personal Robots in Education introduced the concept to teach computing using personal robots in 2006.
• Stanford University Personal Robotics Program introduced PR1 in 2007. Stanford AI Robot (STAIR)
• Willow Garage introduced the PR2 robot in 2010.
• RoboDynamics introduced Luna in 2011
• Milagrow HumanTech introduced India's 1st Robotic vacuum cleaner, the RedHawk in 2011 and then the World's 1st Body Massaging Robot in 2012

See also

• DARPA Robotics Challenge
• Robot Operating System
• Domestic robot
• Microsoft Robotics Studio
• URBI

External links

• EZ-Robot
• Portal to the world of personal robotics
• Robot Info (directory of robotics news, books, videos, magazines, forums and products).
• Stanford University Personal Robotics Program
• Carnegie Mellon University Personal Robotics
• Cornell University Personal Robotics Program
• Imperial College London Personal Robotics