eHomeUpgrade has a report from the RoboNexus Robot Conference that took place in Santa Clara last weekend.

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"Over the weekend I checked out RoboNexus (“The Nation's Largest Business and Consumer Robotics Expo”) in Santa Clara, California and couldn't help being blown away by all the innovation in the robotics industry, specifically in the area of personal robotics where enthusiasts and consumer product developers are making impressive strides. Typically you would associate robotic technology with the sciences, manufacturing, or even the military, but believe it or not the craze is making its way into people's homes in the form of super “robo” toys like Robosapien, QRIO, AIBO, I-CYBIE and practical house-bots like the Roomba vacuum cleaner (by iRobot), as well as, a product, in my opinion, which has the most potential for becoming your personal Star Wars R2D2, the White Box Robotics 912 multimedia, surveillance and security PC-Bot. More...
" Full RoboNexus Coverage on eHomeUpgrade.