As I previously mentioned in the Robosapien story, Honda has spent about 500,000 dollars for a life-size humanoid robot that one day might be capable for cleaning your toilet but not not your dryer?s lint-trap. As Tilden, the CEO of Wow Wee that made Robosapien said, ?For half a billion dollars I?m pretty certain I could hire Bill Gates as my pool boy.??

Honda?s Robot Advances, but to Where?
NYTimes.com, Japan, Dec. 15, 2004 WAKO, Japan---Despite the technological advances, Honda has not made much progress in determining just what the robot might be used for?. ?The robot, 4 feet 3 inches tall, demonstrated its form on Wednesday. It walked onto a wide stage, then, after a few steps, drew its arms closer to its sides and lifted its knees high as it broke into a jog, hydraulic muscles whirring loudly. Perfecting the running motion was a technological challenge, the robot?s developers said, because the rapid arm movements tended to throw the robot off balance?