Robots are negatively painted by the Hollywood. And we don't know how the future will hold for us. I think they can be a good use if you ask me. They can make you a better companion during the old age and they can be pretty handy. They can be used as a good support for family too.
What do you think robot as a companion for family?
As a helper for around the house I don't see why they should be a problem. You're essentially talking about something little more than a mobile version of Alexa, although ideally something that could function without reporting absolutely everything back to some central server. The last thing I'd want is something that can roam freely around my house, sending video back to a server with little more than a vaguely worded assurance that "all measures will be taken to keep data secure but no responsibility is taken for security breaches", which means little more than "hey, hackers might be able to get a realtime video feed of everything happening in your house and if it happens that's just too bad for you"
As soon as we get into the idea that a robot might become a "friend" or, worse, a more intimate partner, it seems like little more than another attempt to fragment society. Why would people need to go out and interact with others if they had a couple of robots in their home with the artificial personalities of a dozen or more virtual friends that they can chop and change? How do people build or maintain social skills if their primary interactions are with robots that do as they are told, and that exist purely to serve? The most likely outcome I can see to this is that lonely people will stay lonely and we'll see a huge increase in social breakdown along with undesirable traits like narcicissm.
