The Anatomy of Autonomy: Deconstructing the 4 Layers of a Modern Robot Vacuum

Published on Jan. 28, 2025, 2:50 p.m.

For years, the domestic robot has been more of a gadget than an agent. It was a programmable appliance, an automated tool that …

The Autonomy Loop: How Robots Like the Dreame L10s Ultra Finally Learned to Tame the Chaos of Our Homes

Published on July 28, 2024, 9:33 a.m.

There is a ghost that haunts the early adopters of smart home technology. It is the ghost of the clumsy puck: the first-generat…

The Engineering Paradox of Domestic Robots: How Computer Vision Solves the P.O.O.P. Problem

Published on Aug. 9, 2023, 7:13 p.m.

The history of the home robot is plagued by the mundane. For decades, the true failure of autonomous vacuum cleaners wasn't in …

The Accidental Revolution: How the 'Dumb' Roomba 620 Taught Us What Smart Really Means

Published on July 18, 2025, 8:44 a.m.

Cast your mind back to the dawn of the 21st century. It was a world on the cusp of digital transformation, yet the "smart home"…

From Horse-Drawn to Hands-Free: The Unseen Engineering in Your Robot Vacuum

Published on July 18, 2025, 6:09 a.m.

Picture London at the turn of the 20th century. The air is thick with coal smoke, and the sound of horse-drawn carriages clatte…