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We take a look at how in 2015 robots will invade our homes, our devices will become smarter than us, pets will start collecting data, and your average consumer goods company transforms itself.<\/p>\n
For years we\u2019ve seen clips of obscure Japanese humanoid robots<\/a> awkwardly walking around stages, but so far these robots have only lived at the intersection of distant SciFi dreams and experimental research. At last though, there is promise of progress.<\/p>\n We were recently introduced to OSHbot<\/a>, the first social robot to promise shoppers customer support around select Lowe\u2019s stores. While the success of this specific robot is going to have to be judged over the coming months, it does ring in the mainstream acceptance of social robotics. One of the most anticipated social robots has been JIBO<\/a>, which is due to release in late 2015. This cute home robot is a stationary helper to your everyday household life, from managing your communications, to taking family photos, to keeping your children company by reading them stories. There are many factors that will impact the success of this project, such as how well the speech recognition will really work, as voice controls are the primary way to interact with JIBO. Privacy concerns are also moving into the mainstream, in particular as internet connected security cameras continue to be a target for hackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n