It's one thing to watch a robot transverse an obstacle course, but it is another when a robot walks up to you, shakes your hand and starts talking to you.

On the recent 256th episode of the Hackaday podcast, [Kristina] mentioned her favorite fictional robot was Rosie from The Jetsons ... is actually Rosie’s vacuum cleaner. Like a tail wagging ...

Narrator: Remember Rosie from "The Jetsons"? "Rosie cooks. She cleans. Rosie is the ideal maid." Narrator: These robots are the closest thing we have to Rosie. They vacuum, mop, wipe down windows ...

Remember Rosie from "The Jetsons?" For those too young, Rosie was a futuristic robot helper in a classic cartoon. Now, the idea of having such a robot in our homes feels like it's inching closer ...