Thanks to PC Magazine Editor, Reviews Lance Ulanoff for this story!

China may have its first commercial home robot. Or it may not. According to a report from the Xinhau News Agency and Reuters, the Shenyang-based Xinsong Automation Co. has developed something calling the Liangliang robot.  The roughly 2-feet-tall robot, according to Xinhau, is Web-ready, able to respond to spoken commands, and can avoid obstacles.

The report offers little detail beyond that. There are no photos, technical specs, price, or delivery date; just this cryptic report. The Xinsong Automation Co., which has no Web site that I could find, is apparently affiliated (or may be part of) the Chinese Academy of Science. Yet the English version of that organization's Web site offers no mention of this new robot. So is this robot real or unreal? I'll reserve my judgment. If you find out more than I did, please post here!