Power Concerns

Robots need power. It must come from somewhere. Whether they are electric and powered by rechargeable batteries, or if they run from gasoline or diesel generators, they must have energy to run. This power issue began to come to light in 2001 during the California Power Crisis. Our current power grid is already becoming over taxed with large quantities of electronic equipment and many homes having multiple large power consuming devices (i.e. multiple refrigerators and freezers). If there are more and more robots consuming power, there must be some entity generating that power. Second, there must be a transmission system to deliver that power.