Intel unveiled a hoverboard that morphs into a robot butler; cool.

Sure, you like that new hoverboard you got for Christmas, but let me ask you: can it answer your front door? No? I'm sorry, then.

Late last night at a CES keynote, Intel has unveiled a "personal transporter" (aka hoverboard) that can also transform into a robot. Created in partnership with Xiaomi portfolio company NineBot and Segway, the robo-rideable butler can stream video, make cute expressions with its front display, and whatever else you want, really, since it'll be open platform starting second half of the year. (Hoverboard Butler uses Intel RealSense technology, which we are hearing a lot about tonight.)

Halfway through the demo, Intel gave it arms, to which the Hoverbutler replied, "Are those my arms? Awesome!" I'm smitten.

What’s more, the device even includes support for voice recognition, thereby preventing anyone from turning your own personal robot against you. It’s also worth noting that Segway’s robot butler can successfully navigate through a house filled with furniture thanks to Intel’s RealSense Camera technology.

Is this cool? Interesting? Ridiculous? Perhaps its all three, but with the bombardment of gadgets and gizmos we tend to see at CES, it’s sometimes hard to even tell.

One interesting use-case scenario explained during the presentation went as follows: say you’re home on the couch watching TV and someone shows up at your front door. Instead of getting up to see who it is, you can instead send your fancy robot butler in your place.

While the technology here seems cool, you might want to file this one away under “solutions to problems that don’t exist.”

In any event, this quirky robot butler is far more than a simple demo or proof of concept. Segway is planning to sell the device commercially and also issue a developer kit sometime during the second half of 2016.