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Study Says 4.1M Domestic Robots In Use By 2007

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-machine-do-it dept.

jangobongo writes "The U.N.'s annual World Robotics Survey for 2004 predicts that there will be a seven-fold surge in household robots by the end of 2007. Robots that mow your lawn, vacuum, wash windows, clean swimming pools, as well as entertainment robots such as Aibo are all vying to take a place in our homes and ease our workload. The study says that Japan is the leader in consumer robotics, with Europe and North America quickly catching up."

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  1. fristy psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FUCK YEAH!

  2. What we need is by Compact+Dick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post robots

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  3. Re:Will they be dipressed, too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Learn to spell you fuckwit.

  4. Re:by 2007 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That or a Pentium > 4.0 ghz ;)

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    Through the Apple Student Developer program, I can get a single 1.8GHz G5 Powermac for $1500 CAD + tax (or a dualie for $2000 CAD, or a dualie 2.0 with PCI-X for another $500). Help me weigh the pros and cons! PS KILL ALL HAITIANS