An Age of Magic

What happened to the robots?

According to supposedly ‘clever people’ back in the 1950s and 60s, life in the future - or ‘now’ as we refer to it - was going to be easy. Computers would do the legwork, robots the housework and we’d be free to sit around and watch everything being done for us. So, while some of this is true in part and we rely heavily on computers and remote controls, what on earth happened to all those robots?

Apart from that wildy expensive must-have Robosapien toy from a couple of Christmases ago, nothing much happened. Until now… at last we have the robot vacuum cleaner!

Until recently robot vacuums cost £1,000 and so-so ones were £200-£300, which is far too expensive for something that is a bit of a gimmick. Now you can get a fairly decent one for less than £40.

It runs on rechargeable batteries and goes round a room in a few minutes, spiralling out from the middle. If it hits an obstacle such as a table leg it’ll vacuum round it and continue under the table and around each leg. It sucks up all the dust and crumbs and does the edges really well. I want one! apparently you can get these on Ebuyer - so there’s a tip.

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