American Vs Japanese Robotics

[Kyousuke]

I was watching the Daily Show and they had a man on who was talking about Robotics technology that america is using for the war and currently developing. he mentioned that Japanese ideas about robots are that they are seen as Hero's as americans see robots as something thats going to take us over. he also said that how americans are using robots just for war says alot about america.

i was wondering how other people view this subject

[fluffy0000]

Sorry to pop your robot bubble dude.as reported via Toyota /Blaine Harden Washington Post Toyota plans on it's core business 'service robots' for it's auto industry. The Japanese government looks to robots for a demographic fix. Translation Japans population is shrinking. Japan has largest population over the age of 65yrs old. And the smallest proportion of childern under the age of 15yrs old. According to Hidenori Sakanaka former head of Tokoyo Immigration Bureau and now director of Japan Immigration Policy Insitute-'The scale of the coming demographic disaster assuming present trends continue is without precedent, according to Sakanaka and many other analysts.
Japan population shrinkage began here three years ago and is gathering pace.Within 50yrs the population now 127 million will fall by a third 1/3
the government projects. Within a century 2/3 of population will be gone.That would leave Japan with 42 million people and the 2nd largest economy. The negative side is pension and health/social programs would collapse way before this because of the workforce which represents 13.6 of the present 08' population ( all time record low) would fall a further 20% within 20yrs.

[Sinestra]

Originally Posted by Kyousuke

I was watching the Daily Show and they had a man on who was talking about Robotics technology that america is using for the war and currently developing. he mentioned that Japanese ideas about robots are that they are seen as Hero's as americans see robots as something thats going to take us over. he also said that how americans are using robots just for war says alot about america.

i was wondering how other people view this subject

Honestly, it does not really matter how they are used eventually robotics will become a core part of many different countries. Seeing a robot preform task that we humans are too lazy to do ourselves will be as normal as taking a piss in the morning. Weather they are being used for war or used to wash car windows the point is Western and Japan robotics advances considerably year after year and in your life time you will see robotics become part of everyday life from construction to war hell.

I wont even touch on the Japanese using robotics as a demographic fix as fluffy0000 has already provided the information. We dont even want to go there at the moment its mind boggling what they will be used for.