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The Rise of the Machines

Use of robots for chores to soar

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By: TOM BRANNA

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In the future, vacuuming and floor cleaning will be outsourced—to robots. The worldwide number of domestic household robots will rise to 31 million between 2016 and 2019. The sales value of robots cleaning floors, mowing lawns, and cleaning swimming pools will grow to about $13 billion during the period, according to Service Robots, a new study published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).   In the coming years, vacuum and floor cleaning robots will continue to make up the ...

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