Roombas and Landroids: Do Domestic Service Robots Save Energy?

The past two decades have seen a rise in autonomous robots households. In particular, robotic vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers become much more accessible mainstream are the most popular domestic service robots. (Roomba Landroid trade names for iRobot's WORX's mower, respectively.) As with many smart home technologies, an often-touted benefit is that they can save energy-and informal analyses posted online. But whether how energy, depends on meant to be used, actually used.