Robots

[joesteph]

There have been robotic mechanisms already at work in industry for a number of years, examples in the auto industry being in spray painting and even welding.

The following video (if it doesn't work right away, hit Refresh) demonstrates a robot dancing with a human being:

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=f5e77f93-bb95-46b1-913a-4e5b823f474d

but the idea is that if the technology to have this robot is here today, then within a decade we can see a type of robot that can help the elderly or infirm.

The first robot was unveiled at the 1939 World's Fair. "Robot" came from a creation in R.U.R. (Rosum's Universal Robots), a play by Karel Capek, from the Czech word robota, meaning forced labor.

[bushido_man96]

The origin of the word is interesting, Joe; I'd never been aware of it before.

That is a very nice idea. 6 years to develop...wow. What a step.