Japan Robot Week 2016 was hailed “a great success” by the organisers, as the event finished.
In 2015, the Japanese government announced “Japan’s Robot Strategy”, designating the subsequent five years as a term for dedicated focus on robotics innovation.
Leading up to 2020, the government pledged to invest approximately $1 billion in robotics-related projects, aiming to expand the service robot market to $14 billion – about 20 times today’s market value. [Read more…] about Japan planning to invest billions in service robots