There’s always someone buying treasure from poor folk. In the 1800s it was iron. In recent years there have been stalls in shopping malls buying gold (“best prices”).

When robotics booms, I expect two things:

• Legislated recycling of robot parts
• Many manufacturers going broke and won’t recycle

I foresee a Star Wars scenario where robots are treated like scrap metal. I have decided to be a first mover, and I have registered anyoldrobots.com 🙂