Futurist Robot Predictions

Futurists including Karel Capek in 1921, and more recently trend spotters like John Neisbitt and Faith Popcorn have predicted significant human reliance on robots (Sherden, 1998).

Robot photo source: http://www.japantrends.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/manoi-at01-humanoid-robot.jpg

The TechCast panel of experts is greater than 60% confident that smart robots will be utilized in 30% of offices and homes in industrialized nations by 2022 (Halal, 2008).

Reference:
Halal, W. (2008). Technology's Promise: Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, NY.

Sherdan, W. A. (1998). The Fortune Sellers: The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions. John Wiley & Sons, New York.