Imagine having a robot to do all your household chores while you sit and catch up on talk with your friends. Well iRobot of Roomba fame has announced that they will be launching their range of consumer robots very soon.
iRobot is well known for its range of cleaning robots. iRobot’s USP has always been their robots that are created to do dull, mundane, and even dangerous things like deactivating bombs. It is pretty much the market leader for a whole spectrum of robots right from cute, household cleaning robots and industrial-strength military robots.
Unlike iRobot’s earlier robots that were meant for cleaning, these new robots will be more like electronic pets. Actually, you can use them to look after your pets. They will be more like robot helpers. So you can give them the tasks that your kids or you don’t like to do. For instance feed the cat, or take out the garbage.
Helen Greiner, co-founder of iRobot clarified what these robots are all about,
“We are going to launch them from our Web space, and they are not floor-cleaning robots. They are different types of robots with mechanical features.”
What these features are Greiner has kept as a surprsise. But judging from iRobot’s previous robots, these are sure to be cute, affordable, and practical helpers that you would want to own.
It sure looks like the robot revolution is here to stay. Greiner says that the company plans to release the two new products in time for the holiday season.
