Sarah Butaney

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Dr. Sarah Butaney is a leading voice in the field of autonomous service robotics, with a focused expertise in the design, application, and evolution of domestic cleaning systems. Her most-cited work, the 2024 comprehensive review "Recent developments in autonomous floor-cleaning robots: a review," has already garnered 11 citations, establishing her as a key synthesizer of this rapidly advancing technology. In this seminal paper, Butaney provides a critical analysis of the state-of-the-art in autonomous floor-cleaning robots (AFCRs), examining their capacity to perform diverse tasks—from vacuuming and mopping to scrubbing and sweeping—without human intervention. Her contribution lies not only in cataloging these developments but in identifying the core engineering challenges and future trajectories for truly intelligent home maintenance. By bridging the gap between academic research and commercial application, Butaney’s work serves as an essential roadmap for engineers and researchers aiming to enhance robot autonomy, sensor integration, and task efficiency. Her scholarship is instrumental in shaping how we understand and advance the next generation of helpful, autonomous home assistants.