Robotics Timeline

* Robots capable of manual labour tasks
o 2009 - robots that perform searching and fetching tasks in unmodified library environment, Professor Angel del Pobil (University Jaume I, Spain), 2004
o 2015-2020 - every South Korean household will have a robot and many European, The Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea), 2007
o 2018 - robots will routinely carry out surgery, South Korea government 2007
o 2022 - intelligent robots that sense their environment, make decisions, and learn are used in 30% of households and organizations - TechCast
o 2030 - robots capable of performing at human level at most manual jobs Marshall Brain
o 2034 - robots (home automation systems) performing most household tasks, Helen Greiner, Chairman of iRobot

* Military robots
o 2015 - one third of US fighting strength will be composed of robots - US Department of Defense, 2006
o 2035 - first completely autonomous robot soldiers in operation - US Department of Defense, 2006
o 2038 - first completely autonomous robot flying car in operation - US Department of Technology, 2007



* Developments related to robotics from the Japan NISTEP 2030 report :
o 2013-2014 — agricultural robots (AgRobots).
o 2013-2017 — robots that care for the elderly
o 2017 — medical robots performing low-invasive surgery
o 2017-2019 — household robots with full use.
o 2019-2021 — Nanorobots
o 2021-2022 — Transhumanism