I'm living the good life.

I'm living the good life.  Last night after the kids went to bed I was up partying with a super cutie.  There was crying, puking and drinking.  This wasn't my wife though.  One of my minions vomited which is one of her ways to say "Why yes, I think I should have another bath and/or shower.  I'll let you decide this time."  The crying and milk drinking were also her.  I wanted to cry because I wanted to go to bed.  Instead of milk I ate a little ice cream before bed.

It's a Saturday and it's packed with stuff for the kids.  Sports for one (I think I walked onto the set of "Varsity Blues" watching some of these parents), swim party for all of them.  And I either have an allergy attack going on or the bubonic plague is hitting me.

When we get home I think about taking a nap.  I lay down and I feel worse, screw this nap I have things to do around the house anyway.  We go through a lot of laundry, dishes need to be done, still more unpacking, and who knows what else needs to be done.  That got me to thinking.  That does scare my wife occasionally.

In the military and in certain parts of the robotics industry robots that can determine "shoot/don't shoot" are the holy grail.  If the robot engineers could make a robot that would only shoot the enemy they would be writing their own checks for quite a while.  If the military had these robots then they could get problems resolved quicker because who cares about casualties with 'bots?

I had an epiphany.  If the robot makers could make a 'bot that could clean a house right people would kill to get them.  Yes, I know that the Roomba is out and about.  If you have kids or roommates will they work that well if stuff is on the floor?  Nope.  From what I hear they work great with big open areas.  The Roomba and it's competitors all have pluses and minuses like anything else, yet they still can't clean as well as human with a decent vacuum.  If someone could come up with a robot like Rosie from The Jetson's people would be standing in line to get them.  It wouldn't even need to be that advanced, just so it would know how to clean properly and do laundry it would still sell like hot cakes.

But human nature being what it is some engineer will invent a robotic soldier and their spouse will be there saying "I don't care what that general says, you sleep with me.  That whole "love and honor, sickness and health" stuff also has an implied build me a cleaning robot in it."  I'm telling you, cleaning robots is where it's at.

Even if it's not one really impressive 'bot, but a small squadron (some flying to dust, three legged walkers to put away stuff, short ones to vacuum, etc.) to do those menial chores that everyone hates doing but if you stop then the place looks like crap; I would be happy.

If the robotics people can eventually do this in my lifetime then I'm calling dibs on short humanoid 'bots that do laundry.  I'm going to call them "Laundry Gnomes".  I think they'll sell.