It was in the paper again today: personal robotics, the future. Some company has been working on an operating system for Robots, ROS, providing it to research institutions worldwide. The idea is, this was people don’t have to keep reinventing the same thing. We all work on a standard platform, instead focusing energy on the actual tasks this wonderful machine is going to perform. They predict a ‘Household Robot’ will be marketed within 10 years!
That’s it! The song I did with Michael Burton a while ago is going on the next record! Even though the checkout clerks at stores seem to have won a round against self-checkout robots, they are on their way; there’s no doubt about it. How many people are going to be vacuuming if their electromechanical buddy can do it for them? Mowing the lawn anyone? Laundry, dishwashing……..
