Trusting Robots Article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21623892

This is an excellent article that covers a lot of subtle ground about the state of integration of robots into our social space. It's worth a couple of reads and some followup.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17387854

This related article moves in the opposite direction and relates some anecdotes about just how far we have to go before this kind of social interaction will be comfortable.