While travelling through the UK and Europe recently, I had an opportunity to stay at one of London’s most innovative and eco-conscious accommodation offerings: room2 Chiswick, the city’s first hometel.

Humanoid robots which help with household chores have become a big talking point this year, with cutting edge tech companies competing to get ahead of others in the race. This is about more than the robotic vacuuming machines already gliding around some homes and hotel corridors.