I'm living in a third world, but having this kind of expectation for the future makes it an exciting future for us all...smile
If their is any way to make our live more better, it has to do with the introduction of the robot to handle various aspects of our daily activities, if they are well programmed, they can do much more better than human.
My contribution to the post is as follows, just one means of recognition should not be used to program the robot, it must be combination of various means of recognition such as sound, touch, taste, smell and the likes (just like the five senses in man) . I think this would make it work more better and accurate.
It's been a long time.....