Personally, I'm waiting for the foot-rubbing, glass-of-wine-fetching robot. In the meantime, in a perfectly logical followup to its popular Roomba vacuuming robot, iRobot presents the Scooba. PC Magazine's resident robot obsessive enthusiast, Lance Ulanoff, tested it exhaustively; read his review here. The Scooba should be shipping in the U.S. soon, and you can preorder it from iRobot's site for $399.99.

For those who already own a Roomba and want to get it a holiday present, Jennifer DeLeo found the answer: the wacky folks at myroombud.com create handmade outfits for your debris-sucking pal. They're sold on eBay.