What does the radically changing political landscape in the United States going into 2017 mean for robotics research, public policy on STEM education, and the workforce? Predicting the future, never an easy enterprise, seems even more difficult in the current political environment. However, in an era …

Sure, you have a robot tending to your floors and maybe some rudimentary artificial intelligence is running a few of your household systems, but what about your air hockey table? Are you still partying like it’s 1999 with a human opponent at the other end of …