Robots may yet morph from science fiction to fact

Robots were supposed to make my life easier. George Jetson promised me as much, in so many words, when Astro wasn’t busting me up with a well-timed: “Ruh-roh.”

Even for those who didn’t take their cues from cartoons, there were plenty of serious folks to make us believe that our futures would be simplified by now with household robots that could help with the chores.

So what happened?

That’s the question that made me jump at the opportunity Monday to get a preview of the International Robots & Vision Show, which opens today at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.

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