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Japanese Robot Guards to Patrol Shops And Offices

Posted by Zonk on from the we'll-be-ready-for-the-zentradi dept.

Clarinase writes "Robots will be patrolling Japan's streets, offices, shopping malls and other public places for the safety of the people. Guardrobo D1 is equipped with a camera and sensors to detect any signs of trouble. It will then alert the human guards via radio with camera footage of possible troubles. This is one of the technological advancement vital to the aging population of Japan, where 1 in 5 Japanese are over 65 years old."

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  1. Who guards the robot? by nokilli · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's guarding shopping malls? That means it's guarding shoes.

    Who cares about shoes?

    GRAB THE ROBOT!

  2. Re:You know people will take it seriously by neuro.slug · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sure as hell hope we can't run Windows on it.

    "Hello, I am Guardrobo D1 anGET B1GGER WITH V1AGRA!"

  3. Protection? by iSeal · · Score: 5, Funny

    *Thief enters mall.*

    *Thief notices $50 shoes.*

    *Thief alterted by $10,000 robot.*

    *Thief steals robot AND shoes.*

  4. Re:You know people will take it seriously by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, no kidding ... now, naming it a "deathmaster", "berserkerbot" or "murdroid" would command more respect. After all, how many shoplifters or burglars would want to argue the right-of-way with a "kill-o-matic 500"?

    --
    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  5. Re:Old people in Japan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    However, in Japan if you are a career woman and you have a baby, you are practically forced to quit. As one of my female Japanese co-workers (I work in Japan and am female) said to me recently "Back in your home country you mean women can have children and keep working?" In Japan women are quite literally forced to choose between having children and having a career. Having both is not possible.

    Truly, I don't mean to be a troll, but there could be a good reason behind that. I see enough career moms and dads who need to fulfill an idiotic ideal and have children, leaving them to be raised by daycare and television. A few years down the line, they find the gall to piss and moan that their own children are like strangers to them and they can't relate or communicate.

    Raising a child is a full-time job, contrary to what some people would like to think. Career parents seem to want all the advantages of the two situations without any of the responsibilities that go with them.

    Granted, in a lot of cases it's not financially feasible to have at least one parent dedicated to child-rearing. If at all possible, I don't think these people should be having children in the first place.

    Why start something you don't have the time or resources to see through?