I am going out on a limb here trying to better understand our future and those who now have a hand in changing our lives to make it better -- or worse -- depending on your personal bent. In almost every informational email I receive, there is reference to robotics in the workplace and our daily lives. As I mentioned in last month's articles attesting to the coming explosion of robotics in the workplace -- including in those places least expected -- the possibility of sitting side-by-side with a robot intrigues me -- or maybe soon it will be the robot who sits here instead of me! Just about every comic strip I have seen in the Nevada Appeal this month made some reference to robots. Though I am not particularly a fan of the Dilbert strip, what attracted my attention this month was the love relationship one of the main female characters has with a robot "boyfriend."