Japan mixes robotics with tea time - Innovation - MSNBC.com
TOKYO - Japan is pretty serious about robotics. If the droids are going to fit in, they probably need to learn the Japanese custom of serving tea.
Fortunately, researchers at the University of Tokyo are exploring just that. In a demonstration this week, a humanoid with camera eyes made by Kawada Industries Inc. poured tea from a bottle into a cup.
Sato believes Japan, a rapidly aging society where more than a fifth of the population is 65 or older, will lead the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden.
My favorite sentence -
On the bright side, the tea-pouring humanoid has been programmed to do the dishes.
02-28-2007, 12:48 PM
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