Robots revolution

Robots revolution

1. Two examples of modern robots

   • Wakamaru
     • Looks like a person, recognises faces, words, reminds lots of things
       • Wasn't successful
   • Roomba
     • Modern vacuum cleaner which helps to tidy up your house due to special sensors that help to define many things

2. Different approaches in the U.S and Japan

   • Japanese concentrate on the machine that look like people and can substitute them
   • Make narrowly targeted machines

3. Predictions

   • Predicted to grow from 1.5b to 15b till 2015
   • Sales of personal robots will surpass the industrial ones
   • The issue is: whether th Japanese will be able to fulfil their mission or will the US win the race

4. Japanese market

   • Became the leader in industrial robots over the past 50 years (40% of WM)
   • Bots looking like anime and Manga cartoons

5. Similarities in Japanese and US approach

   • Market for home health care (elderly)