Emerging Competition in Home Assistance Robots

Local and global markets are witnessing fierce competition in home assistance robots supported by AI technologies, driving prices down and increasing affordability for consumers.


Emerging Competition in Home Assistance Robots

On both local and global markets, there is a wide competition in the offering of robots for domestic services, especially those that support artificial intelligence. The growth in the number of companies producing home assistants has increased price competition and expanded the range of robot offerings. Home robots have become more accessible to consumers due to multi-functionality, especially considering the decrease in their prices on the market, where prices start from about 500 dirhams for small devices compared to previous periods, when prices for such devices ranged from 950 to 1300 dirhams.

The introduction of new robots for home assistance has opened up more innovative perspectives for service provision, especially with increased competition among companies entering local markets and associated growth in demand for robots. At local markets, robots for domestic use are available, supported by artificial intelligence, which work on three-dimensional sensors and have cameras, allowing them to determine the room's size and its components for needed cleaning tasks. Prices for these devices in local markets start from around 1850 dirhams.

The most widespread functions for robots for assistance or domestic service are cleaning and self-cleaning tasks. The spherical forms of these devices are the most widespread, while the integration of artificial intelligence technologies in robots has increased their variety of forms and functions. Robots have the ability to understand the surrounding environment and make decisions based on data, collected by machine learning systems, which has broadened the range of functions that can be offered by domestic robots, ranging from simple cleaning operations to more complex tasks with broader definitions of domestic services.

The use of artificial intelligence technology in home robots has allowed the understanding of the surrounding environment, accepting decisions based on data, which has increased the range of functions and services that domestic robots can offer. Some new robots possess higher capabilities and allow for gathering scattered items in rooms or moving snacks and food from one room to another. This is also attributed to the release of products at higher prices, exceeding 54,000 dirhams for some robots, particularly those designed for services and cleaning in larger commercial establishments.

Experts in the field of technology note that the expansion of artificial intelligence technology usage in robots opens new opportunities for more complex tasks, which changes work processes in many technological sectors, enabling previously unavailable capabilities for users. Developers of artificial intelligence are working on transforming basic models of artificial intelligence into advanced systems tailored to meet specific user needs, emphasizing the importance of innovation in this area, as they define full utilization from the capabilities of artificial intelligence in the present time.