Well maybe not iron- At the International Food Machinery and Technology Expo in Tokyo, many prototype robo-chefs could be watched demonstrating their cooking abilities. Seems that in Japan many of the younger generation aren't interested in cooking or domestically oriented jobs. This is a bit of a problem as Japan has "one of the world's fastest aging societies". Seems experts feel that robots can be the solution in the caring of the older generations.

As of now, Japan is robot haven to almost half the world's robots. Hopes seem to be that, in the future, all families will have their own personal Rosie to help around the house. I have always been, and continue to be, of the opinion that while robots can be pretty darn cool, I probably wouldn't want one "living" under the same roof as me. They can have cooking mishaps too couldn't they? I don't know. Maybe I've just seen The Terminator one time too many. Better safe than sorry I say. More on the story here.

Ominous picture of future here