# How long until personal robots are commonplace in the home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349 "2018-04-13T13:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349/41 "2018-04-24T16:46:01Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > I actually had an idea of how this could work. We develop gut bacteria that our bodies can use for food. The pill is actually there to feed the bacteria. I’ll grant that’s an idea but not that it’s an idea that could work. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349/42 "2018-04-24T17:04:45Z")
A recent report is that [Amazon is developing a home robot](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/04/23/amazon-is-reportedly-building-a-home-robot-an-expert-explains-how-close-we-are-to-the-jetsons/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6609269b07c5) (Washington Post, just as an example, but source is Bloomberg). ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349/43 "2018-04-24T18:02:00Z")
> [@KellyCriterion](#): > > I’m talking a robot in my home that can do my ironing, fold my clothes, get me a drink from the fridge, etc. > > I look at the current state of technologies like robot mobility & dexterity, object recognition, machine learning, voice recognition etc… and it seems to me like personal robots must be very, very close. > > How soon until I can buy one? Which requisite technologies, as of 2018, aren’t sufficiently matured to allow it? If they “do the dishes, and fold your clothes” as good as roomba, soon. As soon as they do it _well_? Well, like the vacuuming, probably not in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349/44 "2018-04-24T19:01:33Z")
And the odd thing is many people have gone backwards. For example, living off the grid and using a wood stove for cooking and heating. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349/45 "2018-04-24T21:22:04Z")
Well, lessee, there’s life-like [sexbots](https://www.maxim.com/gear/new-customizable-sex-doll-2018-1) already/in the works. And there’s good progress on the [android development](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zarastone/2018/02/27/ten-incredibly-lifelike-humanoid-robots-to-get-on-your-radar/#6ce5e32834d2) front. And Facebook-style portals as a socialization medium for shut-ins is becoming increasingly suspect. Once all three demands can be met at the same time, we’re just one step away from getting the android to do the housework and fix sammiches. We’re nearly there. 20, 30 years tops. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-personal-robots-are-commonplace-in-the-home/812349.md?page=2)