The Great Shift Toward Automation and the Future of Employment
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/The-Great-Shift-and-the-Future-of-Employment
There are tasks that robots are currently unsuited to perform: raising children, caring for the elderly, teaching, virtual assisting, medical supervision.And it is unlikely robots will ever take over these tasks. The first reason is due to the high cost of robots that could do it right, either from advanced intelligence or physical dexterity and sensitivity.
I agree with the word currently, but at some future time the sophistication will rival a real flesh human. The Japanese will continue to make headway here fro two reasons. First, their population is shrinking and they are too homogenous a people to ever import immigrants--therefore the ever-increasing elderly Japanese will need them, because as they say "Necessity is the mother of invention". Secondly, for sex. Yes, it is disgusting but that is a huge factor in Japanese robotics. They just don't talk about it.