Scientists in Japan have created a maid robot that mops, does the laundry and cleans the kitchen. Officially called the ‘Assistant Robot’ or “AR”, the robot was created by Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology (IRT) and Japanese technology and robotics companies including Toyota Corp, Sega, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The maid robot is 1.5m tall and weighs 130kg. The maid robot can “see” three dimensional objects and locate them as well as recognizing when a job has not been completed properly and move to complete it. Doing laundry is said to be one the robot’s strongest assets. It can find a dirty shirt, throw it into a washing machine and push the buttons to wash and rinse and spin dry clothes.
But those who think this might be the answer to their cleaning woes can't rejoice just yet. The research centre says it will be another decade or two before the robot can be mass-produced.
The robot is being designed to assist Japan’s aging population to do main household chores.
The scientists say they are still more than 10 years away from mass producing these robots so until then, otaku can still visit Akihabara and visit their favorite maids in their cafes.
Source: http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/category/japan-technology/
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