Robotics already has applications in many industries, from manufacturing to healthcare. That is to say, this futuristic technology has been deployed and proven its capabilities; what comes next is the socioeconomic response. In the same way that the early internet and smartphone technology were normalized in local and international culture, such a level of transformation may be seen in robotics. The Shift From Novel to Normal One might argue that the most important phase of any technology is when it becomes commonplace. Society has watched this shift with the rise of the internet, currently observes it with the propagation of artificial intelligence (AI), and may soon see the same from robotics, or “embodied AI.” When these systems move into industry and household spaces, it is not a signal of innovation, but of normalization. Conversely, it is at this point that a technology becomes truly disruptive.…