The next generation of robots will be more social than solitary. Rather than viewing every robot as an isolated system with limited computation and memory, “Cloud Robotics” suggests a new approach where robots exchange information and resources via wireless networking. The Google self-driving car exemplifies this trend by indexing a vast online database of maps and images for precise spatial localization. The Cloud can also provide access to massively parallel grid computing for statistical optimization, learning from demonstrations, and motion planning. Future robots could exchange data and code for grasping, navigation, and manipulation. Building on emerging advances in cloud computing, big data, open-source, and the Internet of Things, Cloud Robotics has potential to significantly increase the capabilities of robots and automation systems. Since Google’s James Kuffner coined the term in 2010, a number of new research efforts have been initiated. I’ll review the latest results and present research from our lab on “superhuman surgery” and “cloud-based grasping.” I’ll also present a short documentary film on the ongoing cultural fascination with robots. More information: http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/cloud-robotics/