Almost 40% of household chores will be done by assistive robots within the next decade.
That's according to research from 65 AI experts from the UK and Japan, who estimated how automatable 17 housework and care work tasks are.
The most automatable task was seen to be food shopping, of which 59% was considered automatable within 10 years.
The least automatable task was physical childcare at 21%.
Care work was predicted to be more difficult to automate, with an average estimate of 28%, while housework was seen as more readily automatable at 44%.
Newstalk Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly has been looking into the not-too-distant future.
She told Newstalk Breakfast: "There's been a lot of talk this year about AI and the rise of the robots.
"While some of those conversations have been a bit scary, I have gone looking for the upside to all this.
"Assistive robots may not be that far away.
"Within 10 years, 39% of the dull, boring household tasks that we all do and whine about will be carried out by robots.
"The one that I've been looking at is called Spotless AI - it's an automated arm, kind of like what you'd see at the start of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
An example of a humanoid AI robot. Picture by: AI Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock PhotoJess explained how this robotic arm will work.
"That will sit on your countertop in your kitchen above the dishwasher," he said.
"You just leave your dishes on the side of the counter and it will pre-rinse them, then pop them into the machine and then empty the dishwasher as well.
"How many arguments will that save in every household?"
Jess said there are still some concerns over how much information these devices may need.
"A lot of people have embraced the robot vacuum cleaners, they are one of the biggest sellers every Christmas in this country," she said.
"The fear factor is, 'Where is the line in terms of connected automation?'
"Does it need to be connected to the internet the entire time, is it going to be listening to you the entire time? Are there cameras in that?" she added.
