Wednesday, March 13, 2019

The Face of Robots (part 3)


Japan has been employing robots in unusual areas, such as in hotel lobbies as receptionists. The robots fully perform the roles of the humans they've replaced, providing information, carrying luggage, and other tasks normally assigned to human receptionists. But hotel lobbies aren't the only places seeing robots at work: robots have been appearing in the classrooms as teachers, and are even serving as babysitters! What are the reactions of the public? In Japan, so far, the reactions have been “mostly positive,” but Japan is a society that has always been enamored with robots. Will western society so quickly accept robots in these positions? Some would opt for undergoing surgery by a robot before allowing their infants and childern to be cared for by a robot!

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