We spoiled citizens apparently need foreigners to keep our plates clean.

But now a start-up company called Dishcraft is developing an automated machine that could make human dishwashers obsolete before long.

Below, the Dishcraft robot cleans noodles off a plate.

CNBC reports that the company has amassed $25 million in funding, which is another sign that investors believe the future will be automated. Too bad Washington isn’t paying attention to what’s happening in automation technology and how it will radically change the economy.

One aspect is that in a few years, there won’t be jobs for the thousands of illegal aliens now streaming across our open border because smart machines will be doing the unskilled, repetitive jobs more cheaply.