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I, Roommate: The Robot Housekeeper Arrives

Despite the title, the article is more about this robot as diminutive companion than as housekeeper. The experience described sounds more like Asimov's dreams of the early days of robotics than anything else I've seen so far. Between the lines, you'll also see some interesting reflections on the extent to which humans really really like to anthropomorphize given the slightest excuse.