Samsung’s new robot does all your housework and serves you wine

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By Matthew Griffin Robo Revolution 15th January 2021

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF

Housework is boring, robots are awesome, and soon you can bring that awesomeness home.

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When I was compiling Samsung’s centennial Life in 2070 report to celebrate their fiftieth birthday and the opening of their giant King’s Cross store in London, one of the questions we asked the public was what new technology they’d like to see invented. And the top answer? “A robot to do the housework.” A year on and guess what Samsung have unveiled at CES 2021 … you guessed it – a robot that does the housework! Polls work, who knew!?

Before you start adding the handy bot to your wishlist though it isn’t clear when the product will be available to buy. The robot has been described as being “in development” still.

The Consumer Electronics Show which runs every year in Las Vegas is often used to demo futuristic-looking robots that are more concept than a buyable product. We could have a long wait on our hands before we see this in our homes. In the meantime though I’m keeping my fingers crossed and my dishwasher’s waiting to be filled – it might be a very long time before I get around to it though so roll on robots!

Matthew Griffin / About Author

Matthew Griffin, described as a "Walking encyclopaedia of the future" by NASA and a futurist polymath, is one of the world's most renowned futurists and strategic foresight experts. A serial entrepreneur Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working across the next 50 years, XPotential University, the world's first free futures and foresight university, and the World Futures Forum which works with the United Nations to solve the worlds greatest challenges. 13 times author of the Codex of the Future series, Matthew is an in demand international keynote, acclaimed university lecturer, and host of the hit Fanatical Futurist podcast.

A rare talent in his past Matthew helped build and run several multi-billion dollar business units for Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, and his ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends on global business, culture, and society has earned him a powerful reputation and a roster of clients that include royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77+ governments, and many of the world's most respected brands including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi Group, Coca Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Disney, EY, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Pepsi Co, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, and many others. He was also the only futurist invited to talk at the UN COP28 held in Dubai alongside world leaders.

Regularly featured in the global media including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Khaleej Times, Telegraph, TIME, ViacomCBS, WIRED, and the WSJ, Matthews mission is to help organisations create a fair and sustainable future whose benefits are shared by everyone irrespective of their ability, background, or circumstances.