Forget India, outsourcing to Robots is the next boom

I'm siting getting my weekly allergy shots when I just finished reading a story about a Japanese company who rents out robots to serve as receptionist.

Apparently, they have taken advantage of the many speech applications introduced in the late 90's and have sophisticated and perfected it to understand about 10,000 words which is all that is needed to serve as a receptionist.

Typically in all job postings I seen, a high school diploma is required; especially for a receptionist position where they face clients and interact with them.
The unit measures but 3 feet in height, and rents out for approximately $1,000.

I don't see us grabbing on to this technology anytime soon, but as jobs have been outsource to India, Philippines, and other countries in the APAC region, I can see some companies moving towards this solution, but not until the price tag becomes more affordable.

It is stipulated that office temp agencies have seem a 133% growth over the past year, including oversee staffing needs. With robots in place I predict that number doubling worldwide as we round out this decade.