I should stop saying that I hate and fear all robots. I loved the Transformers, but they were wee little toys based on a cartoon and did not have the ability to act on their own. Even it they did, they were small enough to be smashed should they get out of pocket.
I dig the bots that Kyoto University's RoboGarage have been creating because they look like awesome Japanese anime-like fun. However, I think this is as far as humanoid robots should go; a foot tall and easily smashed.
Certainly do not make them feminine/sexy to fulfill your robo-porn fantasies, because that is how they will get you. This is the first stop to robo-hoes that will crash on Windows 3000 and go on a killing spree, yanking off male genitalia and wearing it around their necks.
Bots of this size can get you a beer and keep the place clean. Hell they should even wrestle other robots for energy, but don't allow them to hit with sticks or anything remotely violent.
See the FT here smelling a flower with a non-existent nose? That's right, hobble them like R2-D2 and you will not become a battery.
Most of the robot technology being created is basically going to lead to The Matrix/Terminator end of mankind. Though some geniuses out there have the right thinking in mind when it comes to the role of robots in the human home.
