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The State of Household Robots

Posted by samzenpus on from the series-12-nannybot dept.

paulelaguna writes "The dream of owning a household robot is starting to become reality, particularly for people in Japan. There are robots to help you do the dishes, move furniture, and even robotic wheelchairs to help you get around. Really, the only question that remains for us is when do we move?"

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  1. Not new. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are robots to help you do the dishes

    We have those here too. They're called 'dishwashers'.

  2. Off switch? by captainpanic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I shall write the paranoid post.
    Since the robots are not going to take over the world anyway, I assume that they come with an off switch (one of those old-fashioned ones that really mean "off", and not "stand-by")?

    I am not sure I would like a machine in my house that can take (semi-)independent decisions without the option to switch it off completely.