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The Japanese robot revolution: with an aging population and a looming labor shortage, Japanese scientists are pushing hard to develop advanced androids and integrate them into human society.(TECHNOLOGY)
Star Wars was--and remains--a cultural phenomenon for many reasons, but one of its most striking aspects in 1977 was its depiction of a human society permeated by robots. And not just any robots, but humanoid robots. In the original Star Wars movie, filmmaker George Lucas envisioned robots, or "droids," many of them bipedal and looking in a general sense like humans, as being of vital importance in helping maintain the material infrastructure of society.
Science fiction was far from reality in 1977. But in the last few years, robotics has finally begun to take visible steps toward realizing Lucas' vision. Today several Japanese firms, including such recognizable ...
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