Robot Agenda in Japan

Not to be outdone be Korea's efforts, Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)announced that they would be spending 1.8 billion yen (US $15.4 million) over 5 years to encourage development of the next generation of service robots.
Japan sees a future built on world supremacy in service robots which will come from existing technology in industrial robots.


The new program will be part of their "21st Century Robot Challenge" which envisions revenues of 3 billion yen (US $26 mil) and employment for over 75,000 people from the robot industry.

The service robot research is seen as a way of addressing both business needs and social needs of the ageing Japanese population.

NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization