It may very well be the lovechild of R2-D2 and Intel, but his name is Vincent and he's all grown up. Tom Burick is the brilliant robotic mind behind the "Extreme Build" 914 PC-BOT, and this latest robodesktop is looking to speed up the convergence between robotics and your home office.

WhiteBox, his company, builds off-the-shelf robots with PC parts. I got a LONG glimpse(3 days worth) of his creation at the Digital Life event in NYC, and suffice to say, the PC-BOT was the big hit at PC Mag's booth. He moves. He talks. Best of all, he can run Word and Excel. All Vincent needs to do now is cross-pollinate with a lady by the name of Roomba. Vincent is a significant upgrade from the first PC-BOT Tom showed off at the show. He runs an Intel Core 2 Duo processor now, instead of the slower, VIA processors. He's also armed with 2GBs of RAM and a 100GB, 7200rpm hard drive, so technically, he's Vista Premium Ready.

You can control Vincent's movements by using any laptop that has a wireless connection, thanks to Vincent's built-in 802.11 wireless router. R2-D2's "eye" is replaced by a Logitech webcam, so you can see and snap pictures of where Vincent is going from the laptop. It even comes with a joystick for those tricky turns. In his spare time, Vincent can double as a fully capable desktop, with a processor, hard drive, network port and DVD Burner. Custom paint jobs are available, too, I'm sure, similar to the slick paint jobs on Voodoo and Falcon Northwest systems. Vincent's attire is a sexy Acura TSX Red. All this doesn't come cheap, though. You'll have to pay at least $5,000 in order to have Vincent sit under your desk.