Robots haunt our art and our dreams. Science-fiction author Isaac Asimov wrote a whole series of novels around the idea of robotics -- the "Robot" series, one of which was made into the movie "I, Robot." The "Terminator" movies were all big hits, and science-fiction series such as Britain's "Dr. Who" and America's own "Caprica" and "Battlestar Galactica" all have robots, more or less humanoid, in their casts.
Why are we so fascinated with robots? Do we want impersonal slaves that don't talk back? Are robots the culmination of the vision of freeing humanity from drudge work? Will robots be cost-effective?
Source:technewsworld
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