I grew up watching the Jetsons, expecting that one day I’d get to travel around in flying cars. And in this cartoon, the Jetson family had a robotic maid named Rosie, who was always cleaning up behind them. While I’m not sure if flying cars are going to be widespread in the next few years, I think we are going to see a lot of robots doing chores for us.

Just a couple weeks ago I was in a store and watched a robot make a latte for one of the customers. His order included a choice of milk art to go on top… a little flair to add to the experience of having a machine be your barista.

How long before we see somewhat intelligent, human-like robots in every house, each doing mundane chores we’d all rather not do? I’m sure these robots won’t put the wrong items in the dryer… like I do. I’m sure they won’t complain about yard work… like I do. I’m sure they won’t sit on the couch at the end of a long day wishing there weren’t chores to get done… like I do.

I look forward to having a chore master robot that will do the mundane things I don’t like to do. I’d be thrilled to not do dishes again. I’d love to not spend time folding down boxes and putting out the garbage and recycling. I’d have no issues with the idea of never vacuuming again. I’m ready, just wondering how long I have to wait?