I saw Asimo at the CES 2007 Trade Show in Las Vegas (bright lights city gonna set your soul on fire). The white robot from Honda, Asimo, was the spookiest thing I have ever seen. It walked, waved and climbed stairs and as a three quarter sized human it looked like something possessed.
 

Honda have been developing Asimo for some time and the skills developed are now leading to applications such as that publicised recently - the robot legs to help the aged. At the Innovation event earlier this week at Dundee University Ken Keir, Managing Director of Honda UK, was keen to explain that the Robot is for domestic purposes - not for replacing staff at Honda.

 

Advanced orders were being taken for Christmas delivery so I've signed up for a pair of the Honda legs - and I've ticked the options that will let me bend a freekick like Beckham and run a 10,000 metres like Kip Keno. The option to shake your leg like Elvis is not available yet (thank you very much, Elvis has left the blogging).