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Robot Sales Are Exploding

Posted by michael on from the rosie-the-robot-maid dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) just released its 2003 World Robotics survey. The original press release by UNECE has 15 pages in PDF format, while the full report represents 380 pages. Here are the three essential findings: robot orders in first half of 2003 were up by 26% to the highest level ever recorded; worldwide growth in the period 2003-2006 will reach an average annual rate of 7.4%; and household robots are starting to take off. "It is projected that sales of all types of domestic robots (vacuum cleaning, lawn-mowing, window cleaning and other types) in the period 2003-2006 can reach some 638,000 units." This overview contains more details including a chart showing the growth of domestic robots for the period 2003-2006."

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  1. What's wrong with you people? by jolyonr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    15 comments and no 'I, for one' joke yet! What's wrong with the slashdotters tonight?

    Jolyon

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  2. Wow by Bame+Flait · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You humans are a commodity! Is this the first post by our robot troll overlords? Or maybe it's Dr. Zaius posting as AC. Either way, I'm scared.

  3. Re:Lazy People! by Rew190 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You look at it as a chore? Interesting, I always look forward to the feeling you get after a good workout. Very rewarding.

  4. Re:Bully for the Rest of the World! by theonetruekeebler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did you get that from Repo Man ?

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  5. Re:Think ahead by Baldrson · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The government should tax net assets, in excess of levels typically protected under personal bankruptcy, at a rate equal to the rate of interest on the national debt, thereby eliminating other forms of taxation. Creator-owned intellectual property should be exempt.

    With the exception of basic functions of government and the pay down of debt, the government budget should be dispersed to citizens as cash, rather than being spent in government programs or even limited in the form of vouchers. This is "market democracy" in which the citizens and their markets, rather than central planning and politics, influence the selection of goods and services to be capitalized and provided.

    The personal bankruptcy exeption harkens back to the practical reality that the head of household was responsible for protection of his own house and subsistance acreage or tools of the trade.

    The investor will generally opt for U. S. Treasury paperif all else fails. This is equivalent to a welfare "safety net" for capital.

    This is really where risk-aversion and hoarding -- rather than pioneering -- is founded.

    Everyman a stockholder -- and the frontiers will open.

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