Industrial robots in the new edition of the international exhibition of Robots and androids
November 30, 2009
At the end of November, the Center Tokyo Big Sight of Tokyo (Japan) hosted a new edition of the international exhibition of Robots, bi-annual frequency. On this occasion, the pageant opened its doors in the hands of a humanoid robot who was in charge of cutting the tape of access to the site. During the show, involving some 192 companies, dozens of robots aimed basically at industrial processes were exhibited. Brands such as Toshiba and Mitsubishi, among others, showed from very large machines for automotive processes to tiny drones equipment designed for precision operations. On the first day, drew particular attention robots humanoid, with recent advances in optical digital and development of electric sensors that have helped improve their 'view' and 'touch'. For example, laboratories Kawada Industries, has gone 'Hiro', a robot with cameras in the eyes and the palms of the hands, which recognizes colors and forms, and moves through an operating system in real time. According to one of its creators, Maksim Radev, 'hiro' is able to identify a face. For its part, the Anybots company presented a remote control robot developed to operate as a "supervisor" to distance in the era of the relocation. "The robot can be for example in a factory in Japan while from the other side of the world someone in the production department is run by and can see how the production through the eyes of the robot", he argued one of its creatorsDaniel Casner. The international exhibition of Robots also taught artifacts as the Android 'ping pong', or the doll 'herby', similar to a baby, to be embraced by the elderly measures the pulse of the same and even performed an electrocardiogram. Or the version perfected the seal of Teddy 'Unemployment', whose sensors allow you to behave like a real animal, moving, emitting sounds and reacting to stimuli.
Although many of the devices shown are created for industrial use, its presence in other sectors is increasing. According to the Association of Japan Robotics, it is estimated that the market for robots for the services sector will be $ 15 billion by the year 2015. Japan exports half of industrial robots in the world.
