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SALES of robots in China are set to almost triple by 2018, defying a slowdown in the wider economy, the International Federation of Robotics said yesterday. China is trying to modernize its industrial ...
October 17, 2015, Saturday
This picture taken on Monday shows a polar bear robot "Robear" lifting a woman for a demonstration in Nagoya, central Japan. The "Robear," developed by Riken Institute and Sumitomo Riko, has a polar cub-like face with big doey eyes, but packs enough power to transfer frail patients from a wheelchair to a bed or a bath. A historically low birth rate and ever-increasing life expectancy means Japan's population of elderly people is growing, while the pool of youngsters to look after them is shrinking....
February 24, 2015, Tuesday