

Who wouldn’t want a robot that could change diapers? Admittedly today’s reality is subtler, but it’s no less exciting. We still hold on to that fantasy, even as we embrace a time in which microcomputers enhance our lives in countless invisible ways. When the creators of The Jetsons imagined the automated world of the year 2062, they assumed robot technology would take care of life’s drudgery - shopping, washing dishes, vacuuming.
