Rise of the machines: A new frontier of robots that can cook gourmet meals, leave your home sparkling, watch your kids for hours and care for the elderly

Remember watching'The Jetsons' and wishing you had your own Rosey, the robotic maid? She did the cooking, the cleaning and everything else for George, Jane, Judy, Elroy and their dog, Astro. The idea of robot companions doing the mundane parts of life for us for a long time seemed fantastical - but not anymore. Today robots build our cars, sort our packages, and organize warehouses, but unless you work in one of those industries, you probably rarely interact with one. That could all change soon.