Research conducted by Cisco, which has experimented with telepresence robots in house, found that employees were, oddly, more honest and open with a human-operated robot than with a human colleague.

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Robots will be able to guard your house while you're away, babysit your kids, or keep you company when you're alone.

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And while Asimo is just the latest in a long line of showy prototypes, Honda appears to be looking further down the road to the day when robots will helps us out around the house.

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Lego's in-house model-making team has made card-dealing robots, dancing robots, robotic arms and even a fully functioning copier out of the kits.

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