VIDEO: The robot coffee table (or chair, or foot stool...)

Fading out at the end of the busy week and just about ready to shift into long, holiday weekend mode here in the USA and I wanted to wrap the week by sharing the coolest thing I saw online in a while. 

And no, it has nothing to do with SHRM or HRCI or HR certifications of any kind. Did that story jump the shark in about seventeen minutes or what?

This is about robots of course, and for a change it isn't about how robots are coming to take all of our jobs, and make us their servants, or how we puny humans are destined to be rendered obsolete my more efficient technologies. Check the video embedded below, (email and RSS subscribers will need to click through), to see an incredibly neat and clever potential application of robot technology called Roombots, a set of connected and complimentary components that can work together to help adapt your environment, surroundings, and everyday objects like chairs and tables to you and your needs.

Developed by scientists from the Biorobotics Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, these Roombots could be the precursors to a more fully automated, adaptive, and flexible set of solutions that have the potential to transform basic household elements like tables or flower pots.

Imagine having your table top to always be exactly at the right height for what you are doing, or having your plants and flowers re-position themselves to take advantage of sunlight or to get out of the rain.

It would be really cool to have a little personal Roombot squadron at your disposal don't you think?

What might you do with all that power?

I am thinking of something already: "Roomobots, fetch me a cold one - the weekend is underway!"

Have a great weekend!