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Robots Put on Show at World Robot Expo in Japan

Posted by timothy on from the they-sing-they-dance dept.

rjelks writes "The World Robot Expo is going on right now in Japan. The exhibition is displaying prototypes of robots that draw, dance and mimic humans. Developers believe that growth in the robotics industry will grow rapidly in the coming decade. They hope that soon robots will become a common occurrence in our homes."

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  1. Common occurance ... maybe not.. by guyfromindia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They hope that soon robots will become a common occurrence in our homes
    Woah! hang on... buddies..
    For example

    Tennoji High School in Osaka, central Japan, will receive 50 million yen (US$460,000; euro376,000) over three years in government money meant to produce technological whiz kids.

    Japan has budgeted 1.3 billion yen (US$12 million; euro9.8 million) a year for the program, splitting the money between 82 high schools, which are using their grants to focus on rocket engineering, genetics and solar energy.

    If other countries too follow Japan, by giving importance to education, well, maybe Robots will be a 'common occurance' soon...
    my 2c

  2. "Draw, Dance, And Mimic"?? by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > They hope that soon robots will become a common
    > occurrence in our homes.

    I don't think there is a big market for robots that draw, dance, and mimic humans. I could use one that would clean stalls, though.

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  3. They live in their own little world... by derEikopf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Until they can figure out some way to make humanoid robots BETTER than humans (which is a LONG way off), nobody's going to buy them except as novelties.

  4. Re:you keep dreaming of robots in the home by BFaucet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have a Roomba. It's a robot and in my home. w00t!

    And I'll keep dreaming of a computer millions of times as powerful as the eniac that'll fit in a small box and will be common place in homes.

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    -Derick