Love Me, Love My Robot

R2D2, where are you? No, seriously. I'm looking for you. Don't play coy with me.

You don't have to be a geek to recognize the appeal of cutesy-pukesy robots. Star Wars has taken care of that department. But did you know that there are those who are actually making it their life's purpose to make you fall in love with one?

To be honest, that may be an overstatement. But according to this recent piece on people who fall in love, or at least in like, with their vacuum cleaners, scientists are hard at work making sure that your next friend and helpmate prefers engine oil to aperitifs.

See http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826506.100-the-rise-of-the-emotional-robot.html