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Whether you are partial to Rosie from the Jetsons, Wall-e, R2-D2 and C3P0, Bender from Futurama or any of the other vast array of metallic beings, it appears that we’d better make friends with these bots now as their presence is becoming more and more prevalent.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601635/robots-are-invading-malls-and-sidewalks-near-you/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-14/wal-mart-experimenting-with-robotic-shopping-cart-for-stores