Colin Angle Quotes
The answer is navigation, manipulation, and implementation of more sophisticated intelligence. The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to "go to the kitchen" means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.
Angle, Colin. "The frontiers of robotics: An interview with iRobot's Colin Angle." McKinsey & Company, May 2015.
The implication is that we will be able to have cheaper products and cheaper services plus there will be less need for human efforts and few jobs needed and available.
iRobot Corporation is an American technology company that designs and builds consumer robots. It was founded in 1990 by three members of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab, who designed robots for space exploration and military defense. Incorporated in Delaware, the company's products include a range of autonomous home vacuum cleaners (Roomba), floor moppers (Braava), and other autonomous cleaning devices.