My turn to wash up?
By silicon.com staff on 11 April 2008 12:04
This competition is now closed. The winning caption, from reader Kenneth Wilkinson, was: "Your dinner's in the dog, the pots need washing and I`m off out for a pint of oil."
Photo credit: Georgia Institute of Technology
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1. Mary Hullah
Well done, El-E, but I’m a brickie and I asked for a trowel
2. Nick Fowler
I think they should have based the design on Jordan, not Twiggy
3. Valerie Ganne
The El-E! Phantastic!
4. Valerie Ganne
Dyson unveils its new healthy Dust-it-Yourself vacuum-cleaner
5. Rolf
Robot hands owner a handkerchief when he gets the bill from El-E
6. anonymous
Early developments in the new Lap dancer 2.0 technologies didn't appear to be living up to the initial hype
7. Robert Lindsay
Trials continue of the new ‘Robot Wife’ as she tells her owner he’d better switch off the television and get on with the washing-up straight away
8. John Ray
Not quite as pretty as the missus, but somewhat quieter !
9. Richard Gianella
After the film roles dried up, Johnny 5 fell on hard times and eventually entered the service industry.
10. Richard
If only they'd worked with last week's LG models.
11. Greg Smith
Interior designer for the robot of tomorrow says "Robots like tope! Its a difficult colour to work with."
12. Andy Wilson
Steve Guttenburg couldn't help but feel that life with Johnny 5 hadn't quite worked out how he had envisaged.
13. Malcolm George
and these are the biometrics for the next model after me
14. P Dragon
An illustration from the recently-discovered “Jeeves and Wooster” series by Isaac Asimov
15. Audrey
What, throwing in the towel already?
16. Steve Kirk
The new El-E robot - Built by prefectionists - Designed by feminists.
17. anonymous
An intrepid No2ID'er at work. Next time it'll be a glass!
18. Richard Peters
"Now, wash behind your ears and change that shirt. Have you brushed your teeth?"..... Ken rued the day his mum gave up knitting and took up robotic design!
19. Paul
Just leave them, they'll dry by the time we need them tomorrow.
20. David Eagleberger
Quick El-e get some clothes on, If the wife catches me with you naked.......She'll kill me.
21. Warren Jacobs
Mankind finally celebrates with a cup of tea as Terminators throws the towel in.
22. Darren Newton
1st generation Skynet Terminators had many fatal flaws, including weapon selection
23. Tim Ware
You dry, I'll Wash.
24. Ryan Dove
See the wife decided to try DIY again...
25. anonymous
Bill Gates illustrates his 'Rags to Riches' story
26. kenneth wilkinson
"Your dinners in the dog,the pots need washing and I`m off out for a pint of oil."
27. anonymous
OK, we're getting there, but that's not quite what I meant by 'something for the weekend.'
28. Mike Parmley
Drill for oil in the comfort of your own living room.
29. anonymous
Christ, you never do anything around the home. Here I am breaking my back for you. It's like I'm married to my father. He just lay there whilst my mother did everything. It's not fair. I'm going home for the weekend. Make your own bloody tea. Sob
30. Richard
Robo-cop plants DNA traces.