Editing Autonomous robot (section)

=== Task performance ===
The next step in autonomous behavior is to actually perform a physical task. A new area showing commercial promise is domestic robots, with a flood of small vacuuming robots beginning with [[iRobot]] and [[Electrolux]] in 2002. While the level of intelligence is not high in these systems, they navigate over wide areas and pilot in tight situations around homes using contact and non-contact sensors. Both of these robots use proprietary algorithms to increase coverage over simple random bounce.

The next level of autonomous task performance requires a robot to perform conditional tasks. For instance, security robots can be programmed to detect intruders and respond in a particular way depending upon where the intruder is. For example, [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] launched its Astro for home monitoring, security and eldercare in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heater |first1=Brian |title=Why Amazon built a home robot |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/28/why-amazon-built-a-home-robot/ |website=Tech Crunch |date=28 September 2021 |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>