Kicker: The future is here

NICK EICHER, HOST: If you grew up watching The Jetsons, maybe you expected by now we’d have those flying cars that were supposedly part of the future!

Well, that’s still a way’s away, but this Jetsons-type character seems to have arrived—the loveable robot Rosey.

AUDIO: Thank you, and I love you people too.

She’s a charmer!

And you know, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have invented a robot very similar to Rosie! This one is able perfectly to fold 30 to 40 pieces of clothing per hour!

It may not have the charm of Rosey, but we could be looking at one less household chore to do!

REICHARD: I don’t need the personality, the charm is getting the folding done!

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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