Generation ‘R’: Why our grandchildren will grow up as the first Generation of “Robotic Natives”

Robotics, automation, smart machines and artificial intelligence are currently in the center of public perception. We are facing a disruptive megatrend that will have at least as much impact on the next half a century as the internet had on the last five decades. As robotics is steadily starting to penetrate and enrich all domains of human society, our grandchildren will grow up as a Generation `R' of Robotic Natives. This paper explains the basic concept of the already broadly adopted concept of Generation `R'.