Bow to Your Robot Overlor... Er, We Mean, Check Out This Butler and Housemaid of Tomorrow!

We've joked about the robocalypse a lot, but robot tech really is developing at one hell of a clip. And you may be rubbing, um, shoulders with robo-house assistants sooner than you think, as two recent developments from France and Japan remind us.

First up is France's Robosoft with Kompai, who's specifically designed to assist old people at home, with a nod toward the well-known "aging population" problem that's facing developed nations--Japan in particular. (Just be sure to keep your Old...