Japan humanoid robots could soon become part of the family. Japanese roboticists pioneered the notion that artificial intelligence should be embodied.
While the West focused more on algorithms in the abstract, Japanese institutions believed that AI innovation should be developed alongside—or rather, within—a physical artificial body.
Japanese roboticists have been leading the way in realizing the aspiration to create robots that offer companionship to humans for decades.
In addition to robots that nurse and befriend the elderly and sick, the Japanese have invented robots that can fight fires, carry heavy loads, and perform physical therapy on patients.
And of course, as we learned in Chapter 9, the market for sex robots in Japan is also one of the most developed in the world.Â
The Japanese believe that Westerners view robots with great suspicion, as job killers or dehumanizing machines.
If, in Western pop culture, the image of the terminator robot is pervasive, then in Japan the image is of robot as savior.
After the destruction of World War II, recovery and rebuilding the nation were heavily tied to modern technology and robotics.
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