"Robot Age," a series of illustrations published by Shōnen Sunday magazine in 1969, offers a glimpse into a utopian future populated by sophisticated robots.
Robot workers [View full image]
In the coming Robot Age, assembly lines will be manned by tireless robot workers. Once the robots start building newer and better versions of themselves, the need for human factory workers will cease to exist.
Robot nanny [View full image]
Autonomous robot nannies will care for the kids when mom is busy. In addition to singing and playing games, these gentle robots will breastfeed babies and cuddle them when they cry.
Surgical micro-robots [View full image]
Surgical micro-robots that navigate the human body will usher in a new era of medicine. Equipped with lasers and tiny hands, these miniature machines will be able to perform delicate operations inside the body (such as replacing damaged blood vessels with artificial ones), reducing the need for open surgery.
[Images via: Tokyo Scum Brigade]
- See also: Computopia: Old visions of a high-tech future
Rozarin
This is the kind of future I can get behind. Why hasn't it happened??
[]Master Shake
Because the wealthy nations that could be making such innovations are spending all their resources on wars. No one needs hundreds of millions of dollars - and in the 1960's only a few such people existed on the planet. Now there are thousands of people who have $100 million or more. They aren't interested in developing such technology. Their idea of fun is controlling the world and OWNING you.
[]soma36
Probably one of the better predictions from way back when! We are already making progress on no.1 and no.3 with nanotech is not so far fetched. The second one, well, have we just not found that getting a real warm body from a poor country or our own underprivileged ranks to do it instead is cheaper?
[]DavidPhillipOster
Take a look at http://www.google.com/search?q=da%20vinci%20surgical%20robot , it's kind of a cross between the multi-armed nanny robot, and the surgical robot, and it's real.
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