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Home Automation

Home Automation. Theora Rice CS 536. Outline. History Indoor Outdoor Social Toys. History. 1937 – Westinghouse ELEKTRO and dog, Sparky!. History. 1966 – Westinghouse engineer Jim Sutherland ECHO IV 1969 – Neimann -Marcus “Kitchen Computer”. History – 1980s.

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Home Automation

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  1. Home Automation Theora Rice CS 536

  2. Outline • History • Indoor • Outdoor • Social • Toys

  3. History • 1937 – Westinghouse • ELEKTRO and dog, Sparky!

  4. History • 1966 – Westinghouse engineer Jim Sutherland • ECHO IV • 1969 – Neimann-Marcus “Kitchen Computer”

  5. History – 1980s • HERO (Heathkit Educational RObot) • Educate about robot construction • “Guard mode” • Able to carry 10 lbs • Topo • Educate about computers • Social • Communicates via base station

  6. History – 1980s • Omnibot • Cassette tape programming • Time-sensitive feature • Dustbot • 1985 – First vacuum-type • http://www.theoldrobots.com/dustbot.html • X10 protocol refined • 1989 – First personal installation security system

  7. History – 1990s-2000s • CyberKnife • Radiotherapy tool • Push the talking trash can • Electrolux Trilobite • Robotic vacuum cleaner • Robot wars • iRobot begins producing

  8. Indoor • HVAC • Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning • Internet and/or remote controlled, window-connected • Lighting • Blinds/curtains/windows • http://www.control4.com/videos • Audio and visual controls • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjI4NqaxTfs • Intercoms • Savant • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTN6ZvDF1Rg

  9. Indoor • Robovac • iRobot • LG • Samsung • Asus • Acer • MSI • Netbook wars? • http://www.robotreviews.com/news/2010/6/17/will-the-first-msi-robovac-usher-in-the-end-of-netbooks

  10. Indoor • Automatic… • Litter boxes, pet feeders, etc. • Alarm clocks • Countertop cleaning, drape management • Massager • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKt0_EPj98 • Security • Kitchen robots - Future

  11. Indoor – Assistive Domotics • Matilda Smart House – University of Florida

  12. Indoor – Assistive Domotics • Emergency assistance • First Gen – Alarm systems and emergency response telephones • Second Gen – monitors users vital signs • Third gen – social connectivity through media • Reminders and medication dispensers

  13. Outdoor • Garage door • Plant watering • Pool cleaning • Lawn mowing • Gutter cleaning • Window Cleaning

  14. Social • Disability Robots • Help children interact with their environment • Wheelchairs, etc. • Care-Providing Robot FRIEND • Exo-skeletons

  15. Social • Telepresance • Nursing home • Wakamaru • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6zB-HDtI_0 • Paro • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx8mv87e6wE

  16. Toys • Furby – 1990s • 40 million sales in 3 years • Automaton Toys • Electronic pets • Hexbug • Tekno the Robotic Puppy • Vehicles • Big Trak • Humanoid • Femisapien • http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/robots/robotics/femisapien

  17. Works Cited • http://www.theoldrobots.com/hero.html • http://www.electroempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9730 • http://www.robotswanted.com/robotgallery/heathkit/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_robot • http://www.theoldrobots.com/dustbot.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberknife • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_the_Talking_Trash_Can • http://www.smallrobot.com/topoii.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care-Providing_Robot_FRIEND • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRobot_Dirt_Dog • http://www.patentstorm.us/search/index/q/automatic+litter+box/page/1.html • http://www.robotshop.com/en/nanda-clocky-robotic-alarm-clock-chrome.html • http://www.robotshop.com/en/wheeme-massage-robot-blue.html • http://www.robotshop.com/en/winbot-730-window-cleaning-robot.html • http://store.irobot.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2501652&s=A-ProductAge • http://www.pcworld.com/article/253882/domestic_robots_high_tech_house_helpers.html • http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/products/detail/wakamaru.html • http://www.parorobots.com/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trak • http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/toys/robots/robotics/femisapien • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekno_the_Robotic_Puppy • http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/if-you-cant-stand-the-coding-stay-out-of/184404040 • http://www.eddriscoll.com/timeline.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation • http://www.icta.ufl.edu/gt.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Automation_for_the_Elderly_and_Disabled • An Extra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhlU8rXgHc

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