The Cartography of Clean: How LiDAR Rewrote the Rules of Home Robotics

Published on July 28, 2024, 10 a.m.

For the first decade of their existence, robotic vacuum cleaners were essentially blind. They navigated the complex topography …

The Apprentice in the Hallway: Inside the Imperfect, Learning Mind of the Roomba j7

Published on July 28, 2024, 12:54 p.m.

It’s a scene of quiet, domestic tragedy. A sleek, disc-shaped robot, a marvel of modern automation, lies inert in the middle of…

The Algorithmic Choreography: Deconstructing the SLAM Science in Consumer Robotics

Published on Nov. 18, 2024, 6:28 a.m.

The dream of a truly autonomous home assistant has long been constrained by a deceptively simple problem: **how does a machine …

The Silicon Mind: How a New Breed of Robots Learned to See, Think, and Master Our Homes

Published on July 27, 2024, 1:44 p.m.

Observe the modern living room. To us, it is a space of comfort. To a machine, it is a jungle. It’s an ever-changing ecosystem …

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 Engineering Trade-Offs: How Roomba i3+ EVO Balances SLAM, Suction, and Autonomy

Published on Aug. 12, 2023, 2:36 p.m.

In the escalating landscape of home automation, a robot's true value is not measured solely by its cleaning ability, but by its…