The Reflex Arc of a Machine: How Smart Cleaners Actually "Feel" Dirt

Published on Jan. 12, 2024, 6:37 a.m.

Pull your hand away from a hot stove. The action is instantaneous, a miracle of physiology that precedes conscious thought. A s…

The Cartographer in Your Living Room: How Robot Vacuums Learned to See

Published on July 27, 2024, 12:21 p.m.

There’s a peculiar form of modern art that has likely graced the floors of early adopters: the abstract patterns left in the ca…

The Unseen Architecture of a Clean Home: From Apollo's LiDAR to Your Living Room

Published on July 17, 2025, 6:23 a.m.

In the silent, magnificent desolation of the Moon in 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott pointed a device at the lunar surfac…