From the Archives: Scientists explore what robot-human intimacy could mean for love, work, communication, and even war.
first pulled Pepper out of the box, it was slumped over. “I just kind of held him there for a second,” he remembers. “It clearly evoked this sense of needing help and care.”
The field of robotics is changing at a rapid pace. Computer scientists are working on artificial intelligence so that machines can better understand and mimic human behavior. On one hand, this is causing a wave of anxiety in society: Will robots take our jobs or alter our lives in ways we don’t like? On the other hand, robots might help us, care for us, and even make us feel more human.
Today, Japan has one of fastest shrinking workforces on the planet. Its population is aging very rapidly, and they have a lack of nurses. Robots like Pepper could step in to help replace human caregivers in some situations.Diarmuid Greene/But there are other reasons behind the heavy interest in robotics in Japan. When he first served as prime minister from 2006 to 2007, Shinzō Abe started pushing the roboticization of Japan, says Robertson.
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