Robots of the Future

   The ideas of robots have been around for ages. People have always been searching for new ways to make their lives easier, more efficient, and accessible. In the next 20 years, I believe that almost everything will be automated or very close to it. Robots will be able to fill our cars with gas (if we are even using petrol cars), make our food, get anything we need, and help us with our day to day tasks. The biggest thing, and what I believe will be next with robots, will be home automation. In other words, we will have robots do our housecleaning/work for us. This includes cleaning, making beds, cooking, and standard living conditions upkeep. Other advancements with robots would most likely, like from the show Jimmy Newtron, automated fast food restaurants where everything is cooked, prepared, and given to you in a timely, efficient manner. 

   If I could afford a robot housekeeper in the future, I most likely would own one, but only if it is very reliable. I would not want one if they were just in beta, because I would not want to come home to a destroyed house, or have something lost or missing due to bad programming. In terms of a driverless car, I would want one, but only if it was from Google. I say things, because I find that Google is the most reliable when it comes to new technology. With the way their current tests are going with driverless cars, I am really looking forward to being able to use them in the future. I greatly believe that driverless cars will be a common standard of transpiration in around 20 to 40 years. 

   In 20 years, I believe that robots will not be able to talk to us, feel emotions, or make certain types of decisions for us. The most I think that they can do is clean, automate, and do mundane tasks for us. The biggest impact area for robots would be jobs. Many people will be laid off in the future and replaced with machines that can do their work more efficiently, and with less error. This could be a very large problem in the future. One of the largest areas that will face this problem, as stated earlier, would be fast food restaurants. The workers, when the automated cooking robots are made will be easily replaced, because the company will want to make the most money possible. Overall, I believe that in 20 years robots will have a great impact on our society and will have positive solutions to mundane tasks and will make our lives easier and more efficient.