A Tour of Animatronic Tails and a Potemkin Village at International CES

The New York Times: As usual, lot of strange stuff graced the floor of International CES, the consumer electronics trade show that took place in Las Vegas this week. There was a Roomba-like robot that cleans your grill — perfect for that post-labor future in which we’re all too lazy to spend 30 seconds running a brush across the barbecue. In another booth was a robot that roams around a tennis court picking up balls: Ballboys, you’ve just been disrupted.