Smart homes: ‘My home, my comfort’, says readers
In our previous polls, Robohub and ORi focused our poll discussions on robots that will enter our domestic environment. But what about the environment that surrounds us that is increasingly becoming robotic? In our latest poll, we chose to look at
The Two Factors in Bath by Robots: Privacy and Control
Robots that bathe you can bring about some interesting and controversial issues. Within the last decade, a number of different bathing robots have come into existence in the form of different prototypes and products, and research projects. Whether you'll accept the robot
What can a smart home (and robot) do for you?
More people are now wearing smart watches, carrying smart phones, and now living in smart homes. The devices that we interact with in our everyday lives are just getting 'smarter'. Homes equipped with smart and automated devices such as thermostats
How much control should a bathing robot have?
A few years ago, researchers at the University of British Columbia (AJung Moon, Peter Danielson and Mike Van der Loos) studied the public acceptance of a number of different robots. That included the discussion of a Japanese robot from Sanyo Electric in