A Short History of Cleaning Robots
Autonomous Robots
Cleaning and Household Robots: A Technology Survey
Autonomous Robots
Robots in a domestic setting: a psychological approach
Universal Access in the Information Society
Everyday robotics: robots as everyday objects
Proceedings of the 2005 joint conference on Smart objects and ambient intelligence: innovative context-aware services: usages and technologies
Method to analyze user behavior in home environment
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Service robots in the domestic environment: a study of the roomba vacuum in the home
Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCHI/SIGART conference on Human-robot interaction
How robotic products become social products: an ethnographic study of cleaning in the home
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
User-centered approach to path planning of cleaning robots: analyzing user's cleaning behavior
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
Challenges for Autonomous Mobile Robots
IMVIP '07 Proceedings of the International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference
Housewives or technophiles?: understanding domestic robot owners
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction
Interactive robots as social partners and peer tutors for children: a field trial
Human-Computer Interaction
Robots in the wild: understanding long-term use
Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human robot interaction
"Pimp My Roomba": designing for personalization
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Modeling floor-cleaning coverage performances of some domestic mobile robots in a reduced scenario
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
A conversational robot in an elderly care center: an ethnographic study
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction
Interaction Design: Beyond Human - Computer Interaction
Interaction Design: Beyond Human - Computer Interaction
Towards autonomous energy-wise RObjects
TAROS'11 Proceedings of the 12th Annual conference on Towards autonomous robotic systems
Johnny: An Autonomous Service Robot for Domestic Environments
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Editorial: Joint conferences - TAROS 2012 and FIRA 2012
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
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This article considers the suitability of current robots designed to assist humans in accomplishing their daily domestic tasks. With several million units sold worldwide, robotic vacuum cleaners are currently the figurehead in this field. As such, we will use them to investigate the following key question: How does a service cleaning robot perform in a real household? One must consider not just how well a robot accomplishes its task, but also how well it integrates inside the user's space and perception. We took a holistic approach to addressing these topics by combining two studies in order to build a common ground. In the first of these studies, we analyzed a sample of seven robots to identify the influence of key technologies, such as the navigation system, on technical performance. In the second study, we conducted an ethnographic study within nine households to identify users' needs. This innovative approach enables us to recommend a number of concrete improvements aimed at fulfilling users' needs by leveraging current technologies to reach new possibilities.