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yuiyoshida

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Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:48 AM Mar 2016

Robotics makes baby steps toward solving Japan’s child care shortage


Child care is a hard job, but somebody, or something, has got to do it.

Japanese researchers have developed androids to meet that need, which includes happily reading that fairy tale again and again and again.

The androids, which were created by a team of education and robotics specialists at a research facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, are part of a larger system called RoHo Care. Short for Robotic Hoikujo (day care center), RoHo is being touted as a high-tech solution to the staffing crisis that forced the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry to announce emergency measures this week.

“I never thought I’d see this day, but we’re now confident that RoHo could blaze a trail for child care worldwide,” said team leader Makoto Hara.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/01/national/social-issues/robotics-makes-baby-steps-toward-solving-japans-child-care-shortage/
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Robotics makes baby steps toward solving Japan’s child care shortage (Original Post) yuiyoshida Mar 2016 OP
I wonder if I could find one to give my cat his insulin shots? NV Whino Mar 2016 #1
I just love that BABY SITTING DRONE... yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #2
I can see some weird repercussions coming out of this NV Whino Mar 2016 #3
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