This news comes from the hand of Asus, which will make a robot, EeeBot, using software like Android.
Android already is used in computers, phones, e-readers … which shows his great ability to adapt to any mobile system.
The project is still very early, but the proper implementation of Android (free software), with a good set of applications and hardware can make affordable robotics finally start to come into every home.
Hopefully the EeeBot has the same host that once had the EeePC.