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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. Just like virtual reality and home automation by Anrego · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think this is one of those things that sounds a lot cooler and more practical than it is in actual implementation.

    I'd rather a dishwasher wash my dishes then some humanoid robot.. for the plain fact that a purpose built machine is going to be a lot better at it.

    I think there's lots of room for automated or semi-automated machines which I guess you could call robots.. but a "robotic butler" I don't see happening.

    Personally I'm waiting for an automated lawn mower that doesn't suck!