AI and Robots That Do Your Laundry and Dishes? Dream On, Folks

Despite decades of research into AI and robotics, it remains a formidable technical challenge to integrate the technology into our lives.

Pop culture has more frequently envisioned robots as highly competent helpers, such as Rosey the housekeeper in the Jetsons .

But, 62 years later , we're still not there yet. There are philosophical and ethical considerations as well.

Stanford researchers have developed a robot that can do chores of any kind.

The Mobile Aloha robot is a prototype that cost tens of thousands of dollars to put together.

The likes of Google , Amazon , Apple and Tesla have their own projects and prototypes in the works.

There's still a long way to go before we combine AI and robotics in a machine that can perform multiple tasks for us.

AI can help us create content, but we don't have to use it, LinkedIn 's Karin Kimbrough said.

"It is a tool in our hands," she said, pointing to an earlier fear about calculators taking away our math skills.

Meanwhile, laundry and kitchen automation are well-established and stable, given decades of refinements.