Computer scientist Prof Pulkit Agrawal said: “In terms of things to do, it could be checking doors are locked, fetching a newspaper, putting laundry in and out of the machine.
They are also developing AI brains that adapt to different ways of doing chores in changing situations, like dishes left in different places or put in different cupboards.
“It could be arranging things in your kitchen and your bedroom, putting things in a dishwasher — maybe even chopping vegetables.
The test demonstrated how medical robots could be used to help the elderly with basic functions such as changing positions or their clothes.
Engineers at the world-leading Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe humanoid machines would make sense as “homes have been built and arranged around the human body”.
