6/16/2005

Aichi 2005 World Expo in Nagoya feature a lot of robots prototypes and new robot-related technology. I want to go down there just to see that actually, but you don’t care about what I want to do or not, do you? Anyway, if you’re like me and you want to see a lot of cool Japanese robots, go check the special on impress.co.jp’s website. It’s inn Japanese, but you don’t need to read kanji to enjoy some cool photos and watch the 70 MB video. Plus, you can always get it englishified via Google too if you’re too desperate to read it all…

Apparently, the reason why Osaka is pushing to become the robot capital of Japan is that there is a law in Tokyo (or is it Kanto in general) that forbids robots to wander in the streets, while there is no such law in Osaka (or Kansai, not sure). When you take into consideration the overall aging population of Japan, and the negative reproduction rate that makes it even worse, it is only fair to expect that robots will be replacing humans sooner or later for elderly care and such. So I guess Osaka might be the place to invest in a couple of years.