When robots are (1) ..widely... used in the home, they will (2)...probably... be used to do the cleaning, table - laying, scrubbing and washing- up, but it is considered (3)..unlikely... that they will be used to do the cooking - at least, not in the near future.

In factories, mobile robots are already used to carry out a large number of (4)..the distribution... and assembly tasks while human beings carry out research and produce plans for new (5)..products.... Among the numerous jobs on the farm, robots will drive tractors, keeping their eyes on the ground in front to guide the tractor along a straight line.

The (6)...majority... of the robots used at present do not look like human (7)..beings... at all because their design is chiefly (8)..functional...