It's been 5 or 10 years from happening for about 50 years

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All-purpose robots are not, of course, a new vision. "It's been 5 or 10 years from happening for about 50 years," says Eric Berger, co-director of the program.

I'm not clear about what the sentence underlined means. What has been 5 or 10 years, the vision of all-purpose robots?
What has been happening for 50 years, the vision of robots?

Many thanks.
 
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As long ago as 50 years, people were predicting that these robots were only 5 or 10 years away. Of course it didn't happen. That idea that they are so close to having this technology that it could be as few as 5 years is a very old idea.
 
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