Example:
Home automation is an evolution of building automation, in Europe, the word Domotic is used to means the union of Domus (house) and Robotic (robots). The purpose is to have robots in the house that do tedious repetitive tasks once done by people. We already have refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, microwave ovens, stoves, coffee machines, microwaves, irrigation systems, and many more appliances that are always evolving with automations. Today there is an effort in having the different appliances connected to exchange information and optimize their efficiency.