If you were jealous of Luke Skywalker always getting stuff done by R2D2, you have reason to rejoice. Asus  has come out with a robo buddy who can actually follow you around just like R2D2. The robot called Zenbo was unveiled in Taipei in June 2016.

Zenbo is about a meter high and runs on wheels. The face of the robot is actually a touchscreen and can take instructions from you. The robot is also equipped with Artificial Intelligence, a camera and sensors to allow it to navigate easily as well as recognize people.

The personality of Zenbo is like that of a five year old kid. You get to control the robot by using touchscreen commands, verbal commands and even via the smart devices that it can be hooked in to. So you can make it much more fun than dealing with an actual hyperactive five year old.

Zenbo can even work as a good companion to the elderly as it has the ability to monitor if they have a fall or hurt themselves and then launch a video call to the requisite health care professionals. Now that’s part of the science project that is really exciting the medical fraternity.