Need help? Yes, robot!

It is no longer just a matter of seeing sci-fi movies, robots (robots) are beginning to invade the everyday life of people, especially in Japan.

It looked exactly like a wheeled washer, but in fact the oddly shaped yellow machine was moving around the 54-story building in central Tokyo as a modern robot. It is on a vacuum.

From labor robots

Fuji Heavy Industries' invention only operates at night (was present at 10 office buildings across Japan), when most office workers came home. To go up the floor, it uses the elevator. Every time the elevator door opened, the voice came out from the machine: "The elevator is in cleanup mode. Please don't step in." And so the robot moved inside.

According to Reuters, robots that are capable of performing similar tasks in homes or offices are actually rare in Japan, although the country of cherry blossoms is home to 40% of the robots. industrial world. However, Japanese experts are racing against time to create smart enough robots to fill the gap in the aging workforce.

HRP-2 humanoid robot is demonstrating tea at one
Exhibition at Tokyo University. (Photo: Ipcdigital.com)

Half a century later, 40% of the Japanese population will pass the 65-year-old threshold, and experts say the robot will be an important labor force, especially in manual labor that young people criticize while the elderly cannot handle it.

Go to smart robots

Human-type robots manufactured by Tokyo University lift the doll up to 66kg in weight during the April 2007 performance (Photo: Reuters)

According to experts, such assisting robots do not need to be human-like.However, robots with two legs like people have other advantages.For example, they are more likely to go up and down stairs in the house than robots with wheels.

Professor Isao Shimoyama, principal of the University of Tokyo's Information and Technology Science School, is one of Tokyo University experts working with seven leading Japanese corporations in the field of robot technology development. The goal of the project is to create a generation of intelligent robots over the next 15 years. Mr. Shimoyama described."When clothes are dry, it will fold and fold into the closet." The first smart robots capable of performing simple tasks will appear in 18 months.

"If you throw indiscriminate clothes in the room, a robot will pick it up and put it in the washing machine."

Reuters said Fujitsu Group experts are also developing road-guided robots for customers at supermarkets and corporate premises. Enon robots are human but have no legs, and have a touch screen on the chest front. When new people arrive, Enon will approach and speak: " Hello. Are you a guest? ".

Guests who need directions will click on the directions icon on the screen. Then the screen will show a road map. Enon robot will also turn toward the direction and give directions to the guests. Currently, Enon has been in four locations in Japan, including a supermarket in Tokyo.

Japanese people are expecting the arrival of assisting robots and even offer very high requirements for these products."The transportation industry often asks us if we can make robots that can detect seniors lost in subway stations to ask and help them - Mr. Toshihiko Morita, laboratory director Fujitsu, says - It is really hard to do so. "

HIEU TRUNG