ROBOTS ROBOTS ROBOTS ARE HERE AS JAPAN AND CHINA LEADING THE WAY TO INTRODUCING ROBOTS AS PART OF ITS STAFF COMPLIMENT AS THE REST OF THE WORLD TO FOLLOW SUIT FROM HOTELS TO RESTAURANTS TO AIRPORTS AND TO HOME DELIVERIES

......Other Asia Pacific countries including Japan and China are currently leading the way in human-robot relations, however.
In Japan, robots staff the Nagasaki Henn-na Hotel almost entirely — just 10 humans watch over its 80 robotic workers — taking over tasks from checking in to storing goods in a “robotic cloak room”.
Robots are also used to deliver information in some Japanese banks, and Toshiba’s incredibly human-like Aiko Chihira staffs the information desk in a Tokyo department store.
In China, numerous robot-themed restaurants feature robots as waiters, kitchen helpers, entertainers, and even maitre ds.


The robotic staff members have limitations, however, and are unable to lift heavy dishes or place the food in front of diners.
Curtin University lecturer Dr Eleanor Sandry said human-robot interactions were still far from perfect — “we’ve seen robot waiters being fired for spilling the soup” — but could improve with greater research.
“There are certainly challenges to getting robots in those roles to act flexibly,” she said.
“They have to learn to be able to deal with new situations.”

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