Can Robots Save Japan’s Super Aging Society?
A short Japanese news report about robots:
Pet Robot
It’s not practical for old people to take care of dog or cat but if it’s a robot, it’s possible. Animal therapy may be replaced by robot therapy. There are some people who recover their memories through communication with pet robots.
Robot Suit “HAL”
This robot suit is awesome. It perceives some electric signal from human body to absorb physical demands on human body so the person does not need to use his labor. With this robot suit on, we can lift something of 20kg with no effort. We can expect this robot to be used at places such as nursing care centers or workplaces.
Vacuum Robot
This robot vacuums office corridors. We don’t have to hire humans for that work any more. Just set the time and place to vacuum and it automatically starts vacuuming 3000 square meters on a single charge. What’s cool about this robot is that it uses elevator by itself to transfer to the next floor. For example, it takes 3 hours to finish 10 floors in the building introduced in the video. In fact, it’s been vacuuming for 9 years in that building but the floor still looks clean. We can say it’s been doing a good job.
Home Assistant Robot
This robot helps with housework such as cleaning and laundry.
Can we a survive super aging society with the help of high-tech robots? It looks interesting to me that this country puts more efforts to develop robots than to accept more immigrants. Yet, I think robot suit is so cool. If it becomes invisible, like something I can wear under my outfits, I want it. But if I rely too much on it, I’ll have to lose muscle and body strength eventually though…
Contributor Bio: Kirin is a Japanese woman spending her life so far somewhere around Tokyo. She now works from home and is also spreading Japanese kawaii culture and etc. through her popular blog, Tokyo Kawaii,etc.
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