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What’s Your Dream Robot? I Have a Few, Do You?
No, not that!
Do you want a robotic butler? Yeah, so do I, but I think that’s a long, long way from happening. For now, let’s see what we might be able to get before the robot funeral home disposes of us oh-so environmentally responsibly.
Make the bed, Bed-o
No, it’s not the most taxing chore I do all week, but it is just one more thing and it doesn’t seem that it would be all that hard to automate. Maybe the sheets come on a roll that you slide into the end of the bed. Internal machinery grabs the sheets and pulls a set of fresh coverings over the bed, tucking in the bottom. The next morning, something grabs last night’s sheets and rolls them up; that roll will eventually come out and be sent off for washing.
There would be different rolls for the seasons, of course. I’m not sure how to handle the pillows, and this thing would probably be an entire bed unit rather than a retrofit. Surely Johnny Ives could make this slick and beautiful rather than the ungainly contraption I’m certain you are imagining?
Brica-brac shelfer
Oh, this is a tough one. Or is it? All we need is the right amount of miniaturization. What I’m thinking of is tiny dusting robots, maybe the…
