Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ezi ndaba zaqhekeza kwiarhente yeendaba yeReuters, apho intloko yenkampani iRobot, umenzi wesicoci sokucoca iRoomba, wayenenjongo yokuthengisa idatha yokulandela umkhondo kuwo onke amakhaya apho enza khona imisebenzi yawo. Imephu eqhutywa sesi sixhobo iyimfuneko yokwazi apho ikhoyo kwaye inokwenza umsebenzi wayo, kodwa inkampani ibifuna ukufumana ngokudibanisa ngokuthengisa olu hlobo lolwazi kwizikhulu ezinje ngeApple, Google kunye neAmazon, ukuze Yila iimveliso ezingcono ezifanelekileyo ezifanelekileyo kumakhaya amaninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
I-Apple HomePod sisixhobo esiya kuthi silawule xa sihlasela imarike kungekudala ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, yokwenza imephu kwigumbi lonke elibekwe kulo ukuze likwazi ukukhupha isandi ukuze iviwe ngokugqibeleleyo nakweyiphi na indawo khomba egumbini. Konke oku kunokwenzeka enkosi kwi-chip ye-A8 kunye noluhlu lweenzwa ezihlalutya izinto kwigumbi ngexesha langempela. Kodwa yonke le datha ayizukuvela ngesixhobo se-Apple kwintengiso, ubuncinci yiloo nto ithethwa nguApple kumsebenzisi.
Umsebenzisi ochaphazelekayo malunga neenjongo ezinokuthi uApple abe nazo neKhayaPod uthumele i-imeyile kwiiofisi zeCupertino, apho bakhawuleze baphendula besithi akukho lwazi luthunyelwa kwiiseva zika-Apple de umsebenzisi athi amagama athi "Hey Siri» ukuze ukwazi ukuphendula okanye ukwenza imisebenzi esikunike yona.
Oko u-Apple angakuqinisekisanga kuko ukuba ngenene unokuba nomdla wokufumana uhlobo lolwazi olunokubonelelwa yiRoomba, kodwa ucinga ukuba kunokuba luncedo olukhulu ekuyileni iimveliso zolu hlobo, kunokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kunjalo. Kufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo ukuba intloko ye-iRobot, yathi idatha ekwimephu yamakhaya apho i-robotic vacuum cleaner ifumanekayo ayizokwabelwana nabantu besithathu ngaphandle kwemvume yomnini.
Okokugqibela okucacileyo kukuba iRobot iyakwenza le nto ifuna, nokuba ayinagunya labanini, kuba umsebenzisi akazukuba nayo indlela yokwazi ukuba idatha yethu ithengisiwe okanye ukuba inkampani izalisekisile ukuzibophelela kwayo ngasese.