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 > A Web-Surfing Secretary > Other Robots > Japan, at the Cutting Edge of Robotics dimarts, 13 de setembre de 2005
Wakamaru, the robot designed to carry out all kinds of domestic chores, is about to enter the lives of all the Japanese who are willing to pay over fourteen thousand dollars for which it will go on sale on the 16th of September, the launch date set by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., the Japanese manufacturer of this servile, attentive and efficient android.
Wakamaru is one metre tall and forty-five centimetres wide. It weighs around thirty kilos and moves around on wheels at an approximate speed of one kilometre per hour. The robot, one of the star automatons displayed at the 2005 International Expo, held in the Japanese province of Aichi, has abilities that just a few years ago we would have only thought possible as the product of the imagination of a science-fiction writer. Because this Japanese robot is able to understand up to ten thousand words and to speak with its owners, not only in response to questions asked, but on its own initiative. It even recognises its owners, as it is able to detect the facial characteristics of up to ten people. But Wakamaru has many other abilities. Let's take a look at a few of them.
 
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+ Wakamaru is one metre tall and forty-five centimetres wide.
To start with, Wakamaru of its own accord adjusts itself to the family's pace of life, which it can do because it has precise knowledge of place and the time of day. For example, if required, it can wake up all the different members of the family at a set time, as well as remind them of their commitments that day. It also has access to the internet and can inform you of new e-mails in your inbox. And more than this, when the family is away, Wakamaru looks after the house and can notify family members by e-mail of any anomaly that it may detect.
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+ There are all kinds and sorts of robots.
Aside from Wakamaru, there are all kinds and sorts of other robots. Some of the most innovative are the Toyota Partners, a few of which can claim the special skill of playing musical instruments. Toyota has also made the i-foot, a robotic chair able to go up and down steps. Finally, other exceptional robots include Actroid, a female-looking humanoid that speaks four languages, and Emiew, which moves at a top speed of six kilometres per hour.
Japan, at the Cutting Edge of Robotics)
+ Japan has more than half of the world's industrial robots.
Japan, one of the most highly developed countries in the world, is at the cutting edge of the robotics industry. For the Japanese, these automatons are nothing new, because Japan has more than half of the world's industrial robots. But now there are also more and more robots like Wakamaru, designed to meet the needs of an aging population (Japan has an extremely low birth rate). Given this context, robots may soon become man's inseparable companion. If there is one place where robots and humans can live together in harmony, it is in Japan.
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> Les capacitats de Wakamaru.
> Dades bàsiques d'aquest robot de Mitsubishi.
> L'autòmat músic de Toyota, en acció.
> Robots per a les tasques més variades.
I també...
- Imatges i breu descripció de cinc prototips japonesos.
- Vídeos d'Asimo, un dels androides de més anomenada.
- Definició de 'robot' i origen del mot.
- Exploreu el Japó, país capdavanter en robòtica.
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