ASIMO — his name means Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility — visited New York City recently in order to wave at people, shake hands, walk up stairs, wear a backpack, hop and jog, and, yes, even do sign language among many other things. Maybe they should call him AWESOMO.

“Yeah,” you might be saying, “but isn’t he just using his cuteness to distract us from the fact that he’s about to unleash Skynet and rule the world?”

No. Of course not.

I hope not.