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 Humble Robot: What a Simple Vacuum Teaches Us About the Dawn of Domestic Automation

Published on July 18, 2025, 8:21 a.m.

The dream is nearly a century old. It began in 1920, in a Prague theatre, where Karel Čapek’s play *R.U.R.* first introduced th…