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Robots face off on football pitch, in kitchen at RoboCup 2009 »
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-01 20:00:32
RoboCup 2009, the world's largest robotics event, kicked off Wednesday in the southern Austrian city of Graz, with some 400 teams and 2,000 robots ready to compete in sports and rescue operations. On two or four legs, with wheels or virtually on a screen, robots of all sizes will battle it out on the football pitch -- the most popular event -- but also face off in a dance competition and domestic chores. Participants from 44 countries are split into two categories, juniors and seniors, with the former dedicated to ...
Japan plans robo-nurses in five years: govt »
AFP Global Edition | 2009-03-26 10:00:53
Japan plans to prepare safety rules soon for robot nurses, which are expected to serve humans within five years in the fast-greying society, a government official said Wednesday. "We hope that the Japanese robotics industry will continue to be the industry leader by preparing necessary guidelines for service robots," said ministry of trade and industry official Motoki Korenaga. Japan, with a high life expectancy and low birth rate, faces a shortage of caregivers for elderly people and has loosened its tight immigration rules to invite hundreds of nurses from the ...
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