Shelby Rogers for Interesting Engineering:  Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show is filled with the latest in automation and robotics, and it looks like this year won't be any different. However, one company is catching attention for its family of autonomous robots. Hondaannounced that, rather than debut autonomous cars, they're unveiling a whole family of true robots.

And they're really, really cute. 

The four robots come under the same "family" -- the 3E Robotics Concept. Together, Honda wants to use them to show the potential of everyday robots in the household. 

"Expressing a variety of functions and designs, the advanced robotic concepts demonstrate Honda's vision of a society where robotics and AI can assist people in many situations, such as disaster recovery, recreation and learning from human interaction to become more helpful and empathetic," the company noted in a press release. 

Each robot has its own functions, and all of them have names reminiscent of Star Wars droids.  Full Article: