Will the Robots (Finally) be Arriving?

In this article, I want to look at the state of consumer robots, and speculate if the current “social distancing” requirements because of the COVID-19 virus will actually lead to a “robot boom” in both funding and practical applications that have been predicted for a long time. Unlike industrial robots, which have been working away busily at factories around the world for years, real world robots are few and far between. The distinction between AI and robots has become clearer and clearer as we have been making strides in artificial intelligence to help humans in many tasks.