"Mr Gates recently spoke of the personal robot industry, speculating that by 2025 it will be worth some $50 billion a year"

"We tend to think that robotics is in its infancy, and about where the personal computer was around 1982 or '83 [became common around 1993->2017 for robots]: people could see them but they really didn't have an appreciation for how potent they would be"

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6172
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/08/2027498.htm?section=business

"Microsoft teams up in Japan to set robotics standards"

"Toyota partner robots are a good strategic vision in my opinion. Toyota made just 4,600 homes last year, and is planning 5,000 homes this year. But it’s on a roll, recording 50 straight months of on-year sales growth. It’s targeting 7,000 homes per year by 2010."

"$10,000"

Biological Microrobot

http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=681