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Whatever happened to robots?
"Wasn't there a time when we all thought that every home would have a robot to take care of all the little things like cooking and cleaning that took up a good part of or day? Is this really something that would make our lives easier or just make us lazy?"
Wasn't there a time when we all thought that every home would have a robot to take care of all the little things like cooking and cleaning that took up a good part of or day? Is this really something that would make our lives easier or just make us lazy?

So, we haven't gotten to the point where everyone has a robot in their home to do all the small chores that make up our day to day routines, but we have found many other ways to automate our lives. For one, the internet has provided us with instant access to all sorts of information. Many home appliance these days have automated settings leaving us to simply make one selection and the rest is done for us. Many manufacturing companies use robots to assemble products quickly and efficiently.

Does this take jobs away from humans? Possibly, but although technology may eliminate jobs that had previously been done by humans, it also creates new jobs in other areas. Ultimately, humans have little to worry about when it comes to the idea of robots taking over the world. It will be many years before robots advance to the point where they will become an integral part of our everyday lives.

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SimplyOverwhelmed thinks: A certain number of tasks can be performed by robots. There is a already a self-propelled vacuum cleaner. In a way, dishwashers are like robots and so are washing machines. But, yes, robots take other forms these days. Robots were our view of the future but now the future is here, we can take the robot idea - bring it into the 21st century - and make many tasks less arduous. Remote or preselected microwaving, cooking, clothes and dishwashing, the television that is programmed and switches to the channels we chose some time ago...anything is possible.
(77% of 13 votes AGREE)
trickyskills thinks: The internet became the robots. All those marvelous predictions that we use to see on TV twenty years ago have now been surpassed with what is possible through online communication.

The internet may not be able to do my ironing for me, but I can use it to find and buy a rare album that I have been searching for. I know which is the more useful function.

(75% of 12 votes AGREE)
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