Robots for household chores may have been sci-fi once, but they are humdrum reality today. Of these, robots for cleaning homes are the first to have made their way successfully from R&amp;D labs into the markets. It’s a fast-growing segment of the premium white goods market now with several brands vying for consumers. Not only are they handy, vacuuming floors and sweeping dust from hard-to-reach corners, but they also look cute, can be programmed to work when you’re away from home and can find their way to the charging base when they run out of charge.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>Small wonder</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>A robot to clean and mop is every housewife

Robots for household chores may have been sci-fi once, but they are humdrum reality today. Of these, robots for cleaning homes are the first to have made their way successfully from R&D labs into the markets. It’s a fast-growing segment of the premium white goods market now with several brands vying for consumers. Not only are they handy, vacuuming floors and sweeping dust from hard-to-reach corners, but they also look cute, can be programmed to work when you’re away from home and can find their way to the charging base when they run out of charge.

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A robot to clean and mop is every housewifes dream. But do they really work? Priyanka Joshi tries out a few of these machine maids

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