AP Technology via Yahoo!:
The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new U.N. survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom.Posted by jackhodgson at October 21, 2004 02:13 PMThe increase in domestic robots coincides with record orders for industrial robots, the U.N.'s annual World Robotics Survey adds.