Electronic Equipment Intended For Everyday Use
The focus of advanced and cutting edge technology is usually not on convenient or practical electronic equipment for a regular user using the equipment for everyday use. One area of cutting edge technology that has often failed in this area is the personal robot market, where many prototype personal robots have been invented and produced, but few have actually been proven to be useful. One that has been useful is the robotic vacuum, which acts as a personal servant, cleaning the carpets and floors of the house without any assistance from a human operator. The top seller is the iRobot Roomba, although there are many contenders in the market due to its popularity. Another robot that aimed at practicality and everyday use is the Anybots advanced telepresence robot ,http://www.anybots.com/ which is meant to allow a human operator to move about and be in a place physically, without needing to actually be there! Operated over the internet, the controller sees the room through a live video feed, controlling the robot and moving it around the space, others being able to interact with the controller through a mic, speakers, and a video feed of the controller displayed on the robots head. This is and robots like it are a step in the right direction to making robot electronics practical for everyday users.