intermediate amplifiers well that's bad business no oh that's good from now on i don't think they're with us i just come up with your all your domestic problems are completely s yes roll the robot the chromium plated butler is just a daydream after all but not so rollovers little brother and sister robots the millions of small mechanical servants but never ask for afternoons all the amazing machines and gadgets that almost seem to think for themselves the tiny clockwork brains and heat regulators on our kitchen stove apparently do almost everything except read the cookbook thinking machines like this keep golden brown slices of toast from turning into slabs of charcoal and keep the coffee hot until they're ready to start dunking then there's a tea kettle that's been trained never to boil dry when the water is gone the kettle simply pulls out its own attachment plug and here's a gadget that ought to rate a ball from every dog in the country of vital feeder that never forget when the prophet dining home alone and the rest of the family is dining out what's more it tells him when to come and get it in offices and school rooms two robots have learned to turn on the lights this little electric eye measures the amount of daylight coming in the windows when the light level outside drops below the requirement for good visibility this robot throws a switch and the first bank of lights goes on no robot machine has ever been accused of being absent minded or careless at its work here a robot that never sleeps no winks no looks out the window stands guard over the men who work at this giant press as long as the robot can see the man the press don't budge an inch and that's mighty important on a big job like this did you ever hear of anyone getting is lab caught in an elevator door that can't happen here because as long as there's anything in the way this door can't close step back please there's plenty of room in the rear of the car all right then don't step back just take a deep breath and hang on to yourself one little robot for example always remembers to serve drinks when it sees anyone walking around with a thirst a beam of light is aimed across the foam and into an electric eye when the beam of light is broken by a solid object such as this hand the electric eye control opens the process and there is a drink this particular device is an automatic fire sprinklers someday maybe someone will invent a robot that can take a joke some robots out even learn to fly tiny automatic brains in giant airliners sensitive to the slightest change in balance or direction relieve the busy pilots of the job of keeping the wings level the nose on the horizon and the plane headed in the right direction don't look now but this motor car is simply full of robots in the carburetor is a diet specialist a brainy collection of jets and valves and floats that serve a health menu of gasoline calories and fresh air vitamins to the engine a menu that varies with every change in speed although the engine likes its meal served not too hot and not too cold so in the intake manifold another mastermind with a nervous system sensitive to heat uses hot exhaust gases to warm the mixture before it goes into the engine step right up close to the platform and see the siamese robots these robots attached to the distributor are always worrying about a spark in the engine one is sure that the spark ought to be advanced the other is equally sure that it ought to be retarded just but they never argue each takes his turn according to the speed and load and between them they manage to stage a grand performance every time they go on the road one little robot of very small but intelligent brain set back of the engine in the voltage regulator and keeps close tabs on the generator to see that the generator makes enough current to keep the battery fully charged but not to fall and still another deep thinker rides way up in front its job is to keep water from cooling off in the radiator until the engine is warmed up to a good working temperature then in the vacuum power gearshift there is a robot strongman who drives on almost nothing at all and listen driving wouldn't be half so much fun if we didn't have that phantom crew of intelligent robots to help every day in our homes and offices as well as in our motor cars hundreds of these little robots are doing more things for us and we realized taking care of the routine tasks and leaving us free to live and work and play in greater ease and comfort and safety