Send in the Robots

A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report about how Japanese researchers are creating worker robots that could help overcome the problems created by an aging workforce and low birthrate:

Part 1

Part 2

[via Astroboy World]

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5 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - February 28, 2009 at 7:00 am

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phalon

Well why don’t they just go the fun route and try to encourage people to have kids. I know you get some money for having a kid but there has to be something else they can do.
Maybe they should poke holes in all of the condoms.
http://www.sautot.com Christophe Sautot

Maybe these problems are hitting Japan the hardest before other countries. But, other nations, if they don’t already, will also have to soon deal with these issues.
Jake

Or perhaps a better immigration system that encourages people to settle in Japan and contribute to the tax base. Last I heard, robots don’t contribute to the (already crumbling) pension scheme.
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