If you could have something do a simple task for you automatically/by request for the rest of your life, what would it be?

A robot that cooks me dinner :)

I would have it separate my laundry into lights and darks, and then wash and dry them. I always mess up my laundry

A daily Swedish massage would be nice. ;)

I agree with laundry- Gawd, I would love that. I have lots of clothes and used to have lots of uniforms so I wouldn’t have to do laundry every other day. No, I don’t see it happening. The cost of such a robot would be prohibitive even if developed in my lifetime.

I’m torn between laundry and trash. Think trash wins.

I HATE wheeling my can up my long driveway on a steep hill, it’s a killer!

I call it ‘procrasta-trash.’ I will stuff that can til it weights 80— lbs. lol

I suppose a robot that sweeps, vacuums and washes the floors (tiles and carpets). It must also do spot treatments for when, say, a certain puppy poops on the floor.

Something to clear the snow off my car, especially the really heavy wet stuff. I can handle just about anything else, but I really and irrationally hate doing that!

I wish I had a robot to put my shoes on me. I hate bending down when I’ve got tight pants and a tight belt on to put on my shoes.

Help me clean my room. I need someone who I can give simple commands to. Like, put this in the trash can/drawer/hamper/sibling’s room. I can’t force my sister to do it forever!

Someone or something to make my bed every morning and wash the sheets every weekend.

@erichw1504
“Please do not have a task that is too extreme, complex… ”
“Ex: I would like C-3PO to make me dinner every night.”
That, to me, is effing complex opening cabinets to take out dishes and bowls and cutlery, wash and cut vegetables, skin patatoes, open the fridge to take out the meat, put two or three or four (four!) pots on the fire, remember which pot is already how long on it, remember how long the other pots still have to stay on the fire, take plates and stuff, make the table, go back to the kitchen to check the stove (is the meat already done, or too done), try-taste the potatoes, put my lips under cold running water, put out the fire, take the pots off it and put all the stuff in dishes, go to the living room…, eat it!.

A robo-dachshund with hydraulic-lift telescoping legs & oversized muzzle. So he can run to the end of the driveway, (extend those telescoping legs) grab all the mail from the mailbox & bring it back. I enjoy getting the mail, but when I make the trek out there – only to open an empty mailbox, I curse out the mailman on my way back to the house. It would be nice to shave off those 2 minutes every morning & do something more productive with less gamble on yielding positive results.

The task is simple, the robo-dog is not.

@rebbel Well, what I mean is nothing too big, as in the span of the task. For instance, taking care of your son or paying all your bills. Just one, separate task. Making dinner is just one small part of your life that needs to be done. You know what I mean?

@erichw1504
I know what you mean, but to me it is complex. Really :-)

@rebbel Gotchya!

[insert female] to [insert lewd action] my [insert body part]

otherwise I would say I want Storm from the x-men to generate electricity for me and make me rich.

I want a robot to pick up all the poop my dogs make in the back yard and put it in a trash bin for poo. I can take care of the poo they make when they are walked.

I’d like a robot to sleep for me. That would be like gaining a new life.

Dog poo picker upper

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Someone to style my hair

@Neizvestnaya
Make it wash it hands before it touches your hair.

@rebbel : Oh, very good.

I would tell my ‘bot to find that person that hates me saying “awesome” and break into his/her house every night and loudly exclaim the word.

Laundry for me too, including putting it away. For some reason, I don’t seem to be able to do that.

Make me breakfast.

My job, for which I would of course still be getting paid and yes my job is that simple. Not that that says much about me, but hey, the job market is bad people. No judging!

Wash the kitchen floor. Daily would be wonderful.

I already have my oldest adult grandson to do most of the mundane tasks in exchange for his rent, and his brother is coming to live with us later this month, so household tasks and yard work are pretty much covered.

What I really need is a leg and back massage every night, but of course they can’t do that. I was considering asking my doctor to prescribe a mechanical device so my insurance would pay for it.

A robot to scratch my back. I have eight other people living in our house – I can’t get any of them to scratch my back.

I think it would be annoyingly funny to have a robot throw you random compliments all day…even when you flub – the – dub.

@valdasta Sort of like in the top right corner of Fluther, just under your name? I love reading those.

@Pied_Pfeffer: You mean they’re not just for me? And here I was thinking I was special. sigh ;-)

Make Bob_ a sandwich.

@Pied_Pfeffer Good one…so random, too.

For now, having an IT technician on beck and call. A house-mate for 8 years played that role, and my fiancé is more than capable, but until we move in together (he is in another country), I’m pretty much at a loss.

I also like the idea of having Charlie Chaplin on hand to shine my shoes. Personally, I like doing it myself, but imagine how entertaining he could make it.

Dishes!