You have to hand it to Honda. Their cuddly little robot, Asimo, is back in the news. This time he's been out there conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to market the $1m donation Honda has made to an educational music fund. It's a bit of smoke and mirrors this time as Asimo can't actually "hear" or respond to the musicians (he's mimicking the movements of a conductor they prepared earlier). But it's made all the papers here and in the US. According to Honda's website, Asimo's being shipped off to Disneyland where's he's to embark on a grueling, daily live show. Makes me want to weep.