Intelligent buildings make life more convenient.(File photo)

According to the latest edition of MIT Technology Review, a start-up company named Brain of Things is building three "robot homes" in the state of California. These homes will contain sensors and other automated systems that learn residents' habits and facilitate their lives.

Some technicians predict that robots will become an important part of human families one day, and houses, too, may become automated. Houses will know what people are doing, explained Ashutosh Saxena, founder of Brain of Things. If people walk around the house, the house can also track their actions.

Among other things, the house can turn on the lights when you want a drink of water in the middle of the night. It can automatically open the curtains at the time you typically wake up, and close the curtains at night; it even knows to open the curtains later after you stay out late on weekends.

There are about 20 motion sensors in the "robot homes," including sensors for lights, electric appliances, entertainment systems, heating systems, air conditioning and water heating systems. Residents can use manual switches or mobile applications to operate the functions of each house.

Even non-robotic houses are becoming more and more intelligent. "Even though people have some concerns of privacy, intelligent buildings bring more advantages to human beings' lives, especially for senior citizens and the disabled," said Kamin Whitehouse, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Virginia and an expert on intelligent buildings.

This article was edited and translated from 《机器学习，让你的家更懂你》. Source: digitalpaper.stdaily.com