By Futurist Thomas Frey
You’re walking through a quiet office lobby at 2 AM. The marble column by the elevator gleams under soft light. A decorative plant sits near the window. A sleek lamp post glows outside the glass doors. None of them are what they appear to be. The column is a dormant robot, monitoring motion and temperature. The plant’s “leaves” are ultra-thin sensors mapping thermal signatures. The lamp post? It’s already modeled seventeen different responses in case you step toward a restricted zone. Welcome to the era of camouflage robotics—security systems that blend seamlessly into human environments until the moment they’re needed. Within a few short years, every street, lobby, and park could be filled with intelligent guardians you never see—until they move.
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