Sci-Fi Promised Us Home Robots. So Where Are They?
Sci-Fi Promised Us Home Robots. So Where Are They?
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 14, 20187m 32s
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Show Notes
Science fiction has promised us a whole lot of technology that it’s rudely failed to deliver—jetpacks, flying cars, teleportation. The most useful one might be the robot companion, à la Rosie from The Jetsons, a machine that watches over the home. It seemed like 2018 was going to be the year when robots made a big leap in that direction.
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