The highlight of the ComBio conference in 2007 – well, for some anyway – was Mugdha winning a giant programmable robot in the trade passport competition. On bringing him(?) home to the lab, the lab put him through his paces – and quickly discovered that he uses about as much power as a small European country. Fortunately, Ann has come to the rescue with a swag of rechargeable batteries. I am waiting for him to be able to use a pipette – then I am thinking of enrolling him in Honours and seeing how he goes…