Humankind is getting through the third year of COVID-19 pandemic. While this pandemic has made everyone’s life so challenging, it has also expedited transition of our everyday lives into a new form, often called “The New Normal.” Although many people often use the terminology, perhaps we still do not have a consensus about what it is and what it should be like. One thing that is clear is that robotics and artificial intelligence technologies are playing critical roles in this phase tran- sition of our everyday lives. We see last-mile delivery robots on the street, AI-embedded service robots in the restaurants, uninhabited shops, non-face-to-face medical services, conferences and talks in metaverses and AI-based online edu- cation programs.