Honda showed off two of the Asimo robots serving tea and performing other tasks in perfect coordination at a demonstration at its Tokyo headquarters.

They walked carefully as they made their way around the room, picking up and putting down drink trays and pushing around a refreshments cart.

Honda said it has developed a system to link its robots together so they can share information about where each one is and what each is doing.

The 4ft 3in tall Asimo is “smarter” now, thanks to upgrades that allow it to do more tasks without human help, the company revealed.

It can recognize drink choices and carry a tray with the requested drink to the person who placed the order.

The Asimo, which looks like a child in a white spacesuit, also does a better job of moving around people because of technology that allows it to better predict people’s movements so it doesn’t get in the way.

The humanoid can even automatically head off to the nearest charging station when its batteries fall below a certain level.

“By the end of 2010s, we’d like to see these robots working at every street corner of the city,” said Tomohiko Kawanabe of Honda’s Fundamental Technology Research Centre.

They are so cute! I just can’t wait to have one of these. They must be able to vacuum the house too, right?

Asimo! Get me a beer please!

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