# A New Paradigm for Robotic Dust Collection: Theorems, User Studies, and a Field Study

## TL;DR

This paper introduces passive dust-collecting robots that do not require movement, demonstrating their advantages over active robots through formal models, user studies, and real-world field tests.

## Contribution

It presents a novel passive dust-collecting robot paradigm, supported by formal theory, user evaluations, and field experiments, challenging the focus on active robots.

## Key findings

- Passive robots outperform active ones in practicality, theory, and human factors.
- Passive robots are more versatile and effective in dust collection.
- Field studies confirm the superiority of passive dust-collecting robots.

## Abstract

We pioneer a new future in robotic dust collection by introducing passive dust-collecting robots that, unlike their predecessors, do not require locomotion to collect dust. While previous research has exclusively focused on active dust-collecting robots, we show that these robots fail with respect to practical and theoretical aspects, as well as human factors. By contrast, passive robots, through their unconstrained versatility, shine brilliantly in all three metrics. We present a mathematical formalism of both paradigms followed by a user study and field study.