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Robots in Japan
From robots for children to a prototype robot with two arms that can move to a location, take items off shelves and put them into boxes automatically, in place of employees, Japan has been advancing in this field.
A prototype robot with two arms, which was developed by Japan’s comprehensive electrical machinery manufacturer Hitachi for distribution warehouses, demonstrates its abilities during a demonstration for the media at a warehouse in Noda, in suburban Tokyo, on August 25, 2015. The robot can move to a location, take items off shelves and put them into boxes automatically, in place of employees. (AFP/Getty Images)
A prototype robot with two arms, which was developed by Japan’s comprehensive electrical machinery manufacturer Hitachi for distribution warehouses, demonstrates its abilities during a demonstration for the media at a warehouse in Noda, in suburban Tokyo, on August 25, 2015. The robot can move to a location, take items off shelves and put them into boxes automatically, in place of employees. (AFP/Getty Images)
Robot ‘Premaid AI’ (C) created by Japanese company DMM.make ROBOTS is displayed at a robot event for children in Tokyo on August 9, 2015. The robot event ‘Wakudoki (Exciting) Robot Park’ runs to August 14 at Toyota Motor exhibition showroom Mega Web. (AFP/Getty Images)
A boy controls the ‘Kid’s Walker Cyclops’ created by Japanese company Sakakibara Kikai at a robot event for children in Tokyo on August 9, 2015. The robot event ‘Wakudoki (Exciting) Robot Park’ runs to August 14 at Toyota Motor exhibition showroom Mega Web. (AFP/Getty Images)
A violin playing robot, a series of humanoid robots from Toyota Partner Robot, is displayed at a robot event for children in Tokyo on August 9, 2015. The robot event ‘Wakudoki (Exciting) Robot Park’ runs to August 14 at Toyota Motor exhibition showroom Mega Web. (AFP/Getty Images)
Japanese robot hand maker Double Research and Development displays the three-finger hands ‘D-Hand’ during a demonstration with Kawada Industries’ robot Nextage at the Smart Community exhibition in Tokyo on June 17, 2015. The robot demonstrated high-speed screwing of a nut and bolt. (AFP/Getty Images)
