HRP-3 Robot Promet Mk-II: Ideal worker

For the creation of a new generation robot, a Japanese company is contributing to creating a model of ' ideal ' workers: working indefinitely in the pouring rain, under the harsh sun, on the convex or floor surface slippery house.

The ideal worker is the 1.6-meter-tall, 68-meter HRP-3 Promet Mk-II humanoid robot - a new generation robot product of Kawada Industries. In the press release on June 20, HRP-3 Promet Mk-II moved comfortably on a slippery, sandy courtyard, and went into the shower under the lens of the media.

To everyone's observation, this white robot carries a face visor, holding an electric screwdriver on the right hand and striking the left hand forward to create balance when moving, just like The way of walking of a real person.

Kawada Industries said that each robot has a price of about 15 million yen (US $ 120,000).

HRP-3 robot Promet Mk-II is walking just like the people at the press release at Kawada Industry's testing center in Haga town, near Utsunomiya city, June 20 (Photo: AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura)

In a joint statement with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the National Institute of High-Tech Science and Technology, Kawada Industries said: 'We are making a leap in the field of robots by creating a robot. People can work in all real working environments'.

The statement also stated: 'The people of our country are aging fast, so the urgent task is to develop a robot that is capable of performing jobs that only humans have ever had. can do. If there is a humanoid robot that performs human functions, it will save a lot of social costs. '

Kawada Industries said it will use HRP-3 Promet Mk-II for future commercial purposes. Takakatsu Isozumi, the project director, said the company is targeting potential customers who are contractors built in 2010.

HRP-3 Promet Mk-II is holding an electric screwdriver before the reporter's lens (Photo: Hot Air)

He said: 'We will expand the work that this robot can do in construction sites, such as driving construction vehicles.'

Currently, Japan is the world leader in using robots in many different areas, such as manufacturing, entertainment, security . Recently, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group said it is preparing to lease robots. shaped human to work in the reception department of agencies and hospitals.

Minh Quang