Why Your Life In Retirement Will Include An AI Humanoid Robot

Imagine this: You’re retired, lounging in your favorite chair, feet up, sipping something chilled as the sun sets. Your home is clean, everything is organized, the laundry is neatly folded, the trash has been put out for tomorrow’s pick up, and to make the day even better, you can smell your favorite meal being prepared. Did you do all of this? Are your doting adult children making up for bad behavior in their adolescence? Did you win the lottery and hire staff? No, this is a new tech-enabled retirement life. Your robot did it all. This sounds like sci-fi. And for some, it sounds like something between cool and creepy. However, a humanoid robot could soon become a new home staple and expense in retirement living.

Home service robots have long been a story of futuristic fantasy. However, as lifestyle and demographic trends converge with rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, fantasy is fast becoming a reality. One day your retirement financial plan might include not just your savings and investments, health plan, and Social Security but also a line item to finance a sleek cyber companion and caregiver programmed to assist you in your older age.