All robotics can be divided into two large parts: industrial and service. Industrial robotics is used in industrial production, mainly in mechanical engineering, while service robotics allows for assistance in serving people. If the first part of robotics is close to saturation, then the second service part has a huge diverse development potential with large numbers of unfilled niches, many of which do not require large capital investments. One such niche is artificial intelligence. To create it, you need highly qualified programmers — developers and the availability of computer equipment, which has an impact on reducing prices. The reduction in the cost of computer components leads to the fact that the number of different sensors connected to each other via the Internet continues to grow, which, in turn, makes it possible to create a lot of smart kitchen appliances. But robotics' biggest service success is in medicine and healthcare. Robotics is used in surgery, diagnostics, patient care, and disinfection. Much progress has been made in the creation of chatbots. Robot consultants, robot waiters, robot cashiers, robot secretaries are constantly used. The development of robotics in Russia has great prospects. Russia has a developed engineering school, a technocratic society, and a positive attitude towards robots. But there are also weaknesses. Poor migration policy and protection of social security of the population lead to a large flow of unskilled migrants into the country. A robot can do everything except one thing — replace a migrant worker, especially when employers have no interest in such a replacement. This approach greatly reduces the intellectual level of production and leads to Russia's technological lag behind the implementation of other countries. Russia has all the prerequisites to make a qualitative leap in the development of service robotics and achieve results in this industry at the forefront.