Robots + Temporary Personnel + Unrequited Love = ♥
http://www.badongo.com/vid.php?file=Tempbot__2006-01-05_Tempbot.mov&s=black

A great short film (okay, it's really a commercial for the Sci-Fi channel) about a man and his dog.
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/2216/

The Boston Globe: Researchers create first robot scientist

Doesn't this sound like the first step on a very awesome slippery slope? Though "Inventors invent inventor" would be superior.

(Y'all have heard of the singularity, haven't you? It's the exact nerd equivalent of The Rapture.)