Even in Japan, robots are far from being full‑fledged caregivers

The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and carefully. The engineers hold their breath. I am in a robotics lab in Tokyo, Japan, as part of my […] The post Even in Japan, robots are far from being full‑fledged caregivers appeared first on Asia Times .

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