Sources

Primary standards, institutional references, and academic foundations informing the definitional scope of domestic robotics within residential environments.

Terminology and Classification

ISO 8373 — Robotics Vocabulary

International terminology standard defining fundamental robotics concepts and classification boundaries across industrial and service robotics.

https://www.iso.org/standard/75539.html

International Federation of Robotics — Service Robots

Institutional classification reference distinguishing service robots from industrial robots and separating personal-use from professional-use service robotics.

https://ifr.org/service-robots

IFR / World Robotics — Definition of Service Robots

ISO-anchored definitional and methodological reference clarifying the service robot category, including personal-use contexts relevant to household and residential environments.

https://ifr.org/img/worldrobotics/Definition_Service_Robots_2026.pdf

Domestic and Household Context

IFR — Executive Summary: World Robotics Service Robots

Reference document identifying service robots for personal and domestic use, including household categories such as floor cleaning, lawn care, and related home-use applications.

https://ifr.org/downloads/press2018/Executive_Summary_WR_Service_Robots_2018.pdf

Safety Framework for Residential Service Robots

ISO 13482 — Safety Requirements for Personal Care Robots

International safety standard covering personal care robots intended to operate near non-professional users, including categories relevant to domestic and residential environments.

https://www.iso.org/standard/53820.html

Human–Robot Interaction Foundations

Dautenhahn — Socially Intelligent Robots: Dimensions of Human–Robot Interaction

Foundational academic work examining interaction dynamics between humans and socially interactive robotic systems in everyday human-centered contexts.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2346526/

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