Robots are coming — Vieje Piauwasdy

Last month, Sophia and I went to go watch a popular Broadway show called “Maybe Help Ending”. It was about two “helper” robots that are in retirement and ended up being a romantic comedy. It was a fantastic show, albeit a bit too long.

This morning I was reading about CES in Las Vegas and apparently the hot thing was the humanoid robots on display. Our sci-fi dreams (nightmares) are coming true and robots are coming.

I do believe we’re many years away from actually seeing a humanoid robot doing chores in our homes. There’ll be many more baby steps on the way there though. We are starting to see self-driving cars hit major cities. Robot vacuums are getting smarter. I had a coffee from a robot barista in San Francisco a couple weeks ago.

I’m personally excited as I think there’s plenty of things I could use help on. How about a robot for:

Security around your home. One that actually can move and would scare away package thieves that enter your property.
Mise en place. I like cooking, but I hate chopping vegetables and ingredients. It would be great if I could put things in a box and then let the robot handle it and I just need to put things on the stove / oven.
Massage. I know these exist right now, but I have yet to see one that’s good enough for me to pay for. If I could, I’d get a massage everyday. It needs to get better than just a vibration or a rolling ball though and this may be a ways away.