EVERYDAY ROBOTS (GOOGLE X)

Solving the hardest problem in robotics

Is it possible to teach robots to perform useful tasks in the messy, unstructured spaces of our everyday lives?

The Everyday Robots team at Google X thought so, imagining a world where robots worked alongside us, making everyday tasks — like sorting trash, wiping tables in cafes, or tidying chairs in meeting rooms — easier.

In a more distant future, they imagined robots helping us in myriad ways, like enabling older people to maintain their independence for longer.

I worked as a Storyteller for this brilliant team of roboticists, engineers, and scientists. Alas, the project ended. And if you ask me to tell you more about my role, my reply will be: