Robots set to get homely by 2007
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The number of robots helping out and entertaining in the home is set to soar sevenfold by 2007, says the UN.
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Devices to power to PDAs, cell phones, and laptops could be available next year.
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The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new U.N. survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom.
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The next big use for iRobot's bots: patrolling international borders.
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com October 20, 2004, 12:46 PM PT. There were over 600,000 household service robots in use worldwide in 2003, and more than 4 million new units should join them over the next three
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The use of robots to mow lawns, vacuum floors, and perform other household chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a United Nations survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom.
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Better batteries and supersticky glues are on the horizon.
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It&#039;s one of the greatest challenges for robotics engineers: Building a machine that actually walks like one of us.
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EMMELOORD, Netherlands  - Motorists nostalgic for  the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept  garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady  days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.
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Well, not the world maybe, but possibly your lawns and kitchens. The use of robots -- especially as domestic help -- is expected to increase sevenfold by 2007, according to the United Nations.
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We and our machines are about to go through a rocky transition as the machines get smarter and take over more tasks.
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The automated life used to be the exclusive realm of the rich. Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you. By Tom Vanderbilt from Wired magazine.
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GENEVA - Because of falling prices, the use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, a new survey says.
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An untethered, autonomous robot rummaging around a geothermal sinkhole may herald the future of deep ocean -- and deep space -- robotics. By Emmet Cole.
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Chief executive Colin Angle offers a vision for the robot home contrary to the one you might have looked forward to as a kid.Photos: iRobot phones home, cleans gutters
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iRobot used the backdrop of Digital Life to unveil its redesigned floor vacuuming robot as well as a new robot to clean your gutters, and one that can take your place when you're away.
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BURLINGTON - Forget R2D2. The next frontier in robotics is a miniature tank that borrows some of the technology behind military bomb-defusing robots - to eject rotting foliage from your gutters.