Intelligent ROBOTS are coming that can see, hear and react to their environment
Robotics is an area of technology that has been debated for decades, though until recently most of it has belonged in the realms of science fiction.
How quickly the industry has moved will be highlighted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week, when 27 different robotics manufacturers will take over an entire floor at the convention.
The Robotics Marketplace in the Sands Expo Centre will host developers from around the world, who will showcase a range of autonomous machines that vary greatly in looks, size and function.
Though most of the firms displaying their creations in this area of CES are not yet household names, they are part of a growing industry that is increasingly being entered by consumer-friendly brands.
For example, Google has bought into around a dozen robotics companies, which make various types of robots from humanoid models to Boston Dynamics' four-legged bots that can move across difficult and variable terrain.
Honda also has their famous Asimo robot assistant, a product the company has publicly stated it aims to have in homes around the world in the future.
This high-profile investment in the sector has sparked further growth as companies look to capitalise on wider public interest, and CES 2016 is expected to carry one of the biggest and broadest line-ups of robotics ever seen.
According to the official CES preview of the Robotics Marketplace, it will showcase "intelligent, autonomous machines that are changing the way we live: at work, at school, at the doctor's office and at home.
"They are connected to the cloud, controllable by mobile device and capable of seeing, hearing and reacting to the environment in ways once thought impossible."
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