Some of us will never find any robot worthy of forming a 'real' relationship with. To us, a robot can NEVER be a "friend".<br>It is a machine, a tool, that's it!<br>From my personal perspective, lacking in human friendships, attempts to pass of a robot as a "friend" will be rejected.<br>There is talk about soon robots may become "companions" to lonely seniors, this will be considered offensive to those seniors though.<br> I crave HUMAN relationships, NOTHING can replace a human in that.