Specialist droids
The brush-spinning Grillbot is another niche robot on show - its speciality: cleaning your barbecue after a cook-out.
"It took over two years to come up with the algorithm to get it to run over every grill surface," notes Grillbot's chief executive Ethan Wood.
"It runs the three motors in a pattern that looks random, but there's an organisation to the madness."
It takes a Grillbot about half an hour to clean a barbecue
Another bot, Budgee, is designed to help elderly and otherwise infirm owners shift heavy loads around their homes.
"We have a transmitter that the owner carries or wears and it pairs with the robot," explains Nick Lynch, lead engineer at Five Elements Robotics.
"Once they activate that and put it into follow mode it will follow the sensor wherever it sees it.
"I have a co-worker whose father uses it to move a five gallon water bottle about the house, and it can be used for anything like that where you need an extra hand."
Specialist droids
The brush-spinning Grillbot is another niche robot on show - its speciality: cleaning your barbecue after a cook-out.
"It took over two years to come up with the algorithm to get it to run over every grill surface," notes Grillbot's chief executive Ethan Wood.
"It runs the three motors in a pattern that looks random, but there's an organisation to the madness."
It takes a Grillbot about half an hour to clean a barbecue
Another bot, Budgee, is designed to help elderly and otherwise infirm owners shift heavy loads around their homes.
"We have a transmitter that the owner carries or wears and it pairs with the robot," explains Nick Lynch, lead engineer at Five Elements Robotics.
"Once they activate that and put it into follow mode it will follow the sensor wherever it sees it.
"I have a co-worker whose father uses it to move a five gallon water bottle about the house, and it can be used for anything like that where you need an extra hand."
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