Interestingly, although we have "robots" (sort of) they aren't like the robots that science fiction writers have been imagining for years. Our robots don't resemble humans, and they probably never will. Science fiction writers imagine a humanoid machine that will do your bidding, like a human slave. But practically, if you want a machine that will cook a meal for you, it makes more sense to design the necessary circuitry right into the stove (or refrigerator, or some combination thereof); if you want a machine to drive your car for you, you'd design the circuitry into the car, and so on. I think we'll keep on designing specialized machines that do specialized tasks, and never bother creating a single all-purpose machine.

And if you did have a single all-purpose machine, why would you want it to resemble a human? I think most people find the idea too creepy to seriously contemplate.

Annamill: Instead of a machine that folds clothes, why not invent clothes that don't need to be folded? In a sense, we already have them; it's just a matter of overcoming your compulsion to fold them anyway!