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by bartislartfast 1050 days ago
4) useful bipedal robots - this one is probably just around the corner (see boston robotics). We often talk about how much AGI could benefit humanity, giving knowledge workers a digital "team" of helpers, but we gloss over the physical version. Everything from dangerous industries all the way through health services and into retail could be enhanced by having robots do all the literal heavy lifting.

5) programmable matter / nanobots - the applications of a swarm of nanobots or even microbots are pretty much endless.