Recently the robotics industry celebrated its 50-year anniversary. We have used robots for more than five decades to empower people to do things that are typically dirty, dull and/or dangerous. The industry has progressed tremendously over the period from basic mechanical assist systems to fully autonomous cars, environmental monitoring and exploration of outer space. We have seen tremendous adoption of IT technology in our daily lives for a diverse set of support tasks. Through use of robots we will see a new revolution, as we not only will have IT support from tablets,...