South Korea's Ministry of Information and Communications hopes to introduce <A HREF="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/17/korea-to-introduce-household-bots-to-watch-the-kids-clean-and-o/">a series of Internet-connected household robots</A> this October. The bots, according to the Ministry, will be able to perform such household tasks as cleaning, monitoring homes, reading to children, and ordering pizza via the Internet.