• Question: could you make a robot that did all my chores?

    Asked by Dr. Fudge Cakes to Conor on 28 Feb 2016.
    • Photo: Conor McGinn

      Conor McGinn answered on 28 Feb 2016:

      Hi Dr. Fudge Cakes,

      Cool name btw. Ok so there are already robots that can do chores.
      You can buy robot vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edSfq8ItAaI
      These guys work pretty well (I believe…) however they are only built to do one thing so they are probably not ideal for what you are looking for.

      Quite a few researchers have made robots do types of chores such as:
      * going to the shops to fetch messages

      * folding laundry

      * doing jobs in the kitchen
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk993cSror0
      * doing house cleaning

      As you can see from these videos, even our best robots are still miles away from the kinds of robot you see in movies. For you, this might be disappointing because you still need to do your chores :/ But for me or people who are fascinated by robots and artificial intelligence, its not so bad because it means that there is still loads of work to be done and discoveries to be made.

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