Household help.Tired of doing chores? Help may be on the way. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a 2004 United Nations survey, an increasing number of robots are taking over housework. Today, about 607,000 "smart machines" are helping out around homes worldwide, and the number is predicted to soar to 4.1 million by 2007. Most of today's household robots can do only simple tasks such as vacuuming and lawn mowing mow 1 n. 1. The place in a barn where hay, grain, or other feed is stored. 2. A stack of hay or other feed stored in a barn. . But in the future, robots may be able to take on increasingly complex tasks--perhaps even becoming assistants for disabled people, says C. S. George Lee Several people share the name George Lee:
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According to the graph (below), about how many more vacuuming robots will exist in 2007 compared with 2004? EASY LIVING: Robots do housework on the cartoon The Jetsons. |
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