Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!hudson.lm.com!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!bc678
From: bc678@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Paul F. Grayson)
Subject: Consumer Robot Design/Market
Message-ID: <D0nFLp.1xD@freenet.carleton.ca>
Sender: bc678@freenet.carleton.ca (Paul F. Grayson)
Reply-To: bc678@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Paul F. Grayson)
Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 13:46:37 GMT
Lines: 21

Several people have asked me if I could make a robot they could use at
home.The thing the people have in common is that their kids are in school,
both the parents have full time day jobs.  They also do not want to trust
part time cleaning help with full access to their homes. Industrial robots
work for about $6.00 an hour, when most cost are figured in (old figure).  
A house cleaning person will work for something between minimum wage and
$13.00 per hour. This begins to define what a person would be willing to
pay. The several people that have asked me about domestic robots said whey
would be happy just to have one sweep the place regularly while they were
away. Office building carpets where the people work are swept every day.

Anyone out there interested in persuing this idea? Know of one that
already exists? Knows a vacuum sweeper company that would sponsor development?

Paul F. Grayson, chief engineer
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL
1892 Pinewood Ave.
Traverse City, MI 49684-9022
USA
(616) 946-0187, FAX (616) 946-1122
internet ad209@leo.nmc.edu.us, bc678@freenet.carleton.ca
