Robots don’t have to be expensive, boxy, blocky, jerky hunks of metal.
In fact, the robots of the near future will be cheap, soft-bodied and octopus-like, capable of changing colors to blend in with their surroundings, at least if the Pentagon and Harvard University scientists have anything to do with it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=96273