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  • Essay / Robotics Research in Japan: Achievements, Prospects...

    Nowadays, technology occupies a dominant place in the lives of people around the world. Most activities of daily life involve the use of technologies that are developing every day thanks to scientific innovations. However, such innovations do not always occur everywhere in the world, but mainly in technologically developed countries, such as South Korea, the United States and Japan. Currently, the development of robotic science is receiving considerable attention in these countries. According to Weng, Chen and Sun (2009: 267), “technocrats in many developed countries, notably Japan and South Korea, are preparing for the human-robot coexistence society that they believe will emerge by 2030 ". The word “robot” was introduced in the early 1920s by the Czech playwright Karel Capek from the Czech word “robota,” meaning “forced labor” (Robertson 2007, 373). According to Robertson (2007, 373), the robot, in practice, can be defined as an autonomous or semi-autonomous device used to carry out its tasks, either under human control, or under split control and guided by a human, or independently of external actions performed. by people. Unfortunately, the majority of robots in past centuries could not function without human control and intervention. However, advances in robotics over the past few decades have allowed humanity to achieve dazzling results in creating autonomous humanoid robots. The purpose of this article is to discuss the development of robotics science in modern society, its progress and future prospects, with specific references. in Japan. It will introduce the history of robotics in Japan, analyze the motivations for entering the robotics sphere, and determine the advantages and concerns as well as the identity...... middle of article..... .February 13, 2011).Robertson, J. 2007. Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Humanoid Robots and the Posthuman Family. Critical Asian Studies 39(3): 369-398. EBSCOhost http://web.ebscohost.com (accessed January 21, 2011).Šabanovi´c, S. 2010. Robots in Society, Society in Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics 2 (4): 439-450 Springer http://www.springerlink.com/ (accessed February 13, 2011). Sato, T., R. Mizoguchi, Y. Tomita, and T. Uchiyama. 2009. Overview of the academic roadmap for robotics technology. Advanced Robotics 23(11): 1429-1439. EBSCOhost http://web.ebscohost.com (accessed January 21, 2011). Weng, YH., CH. Chen and CT. Sun. 2009. Towards a society of human-robot coexistence: on security intelligence for next generation robots. International Journal of Social Robotics 1 (4): 267-282 Springer http://www.springerlink.com/ (accessed February 13, 2011).