I’m still waiting for that robot like the Jetsons’ Rosie the Maid who can keep my house spotless while I surf the Internet from my couch.

Instead the piles of clutter are still mocking from the coffee table and my laundry basket overflows in an abode that looks like a band of slovenly gypsies took over for about six months.

For decades, science fiction has promised us a world where robots do the dirty work while we live in the lap of luxury. The reality is robotic inventions have come a long way from the early tin cans imagined in the oh-so-distant future. Robots are making their presence known in the work force. Science fiction is becoming science fact.

Where once robots were envisioned as alien looking metal frames and a few blinking lights, now the androids are shaped to mimic the way humans look and act.

Here’s the transition from futuristic dream to functional reality in a video created by Diagonal View.

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