I agree here. Maybe this is part of the slow going evolution. We are kind of on the cusp of all these things that are very slowly starting to happen. We have robots that are taking the place of patrolling grounds, serving food, delivering medicines, vacuuming our floors. All somewhat mundane things.

Now we have toys like what they are doing with Barbie (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/magazine/barbie-wants-to-g...). This seems interesting as we are now starting to play with our emotions (as pointed out in the article with the AIBO) more and more.

Seems that this is just moving a lot slower than everyone anticipated.