Check out this picture to the right. We know it’s true because we have all lived through it.
It is more difficult to imagine the future because, well, it hasn’t yet happened. I encourage you, however, to watch the video of the TurtleBot below and then ask yourself this question: What will robots look like in the year 2020 after a decade of continued open-source advances in robotics, information technology, material science, and energy?
My prediction is that they will be smaller, cooler, more flexible and vastly more affordable. A robot fetching a donut is soooooo 2011 …
