A Robot in Every Household by 2020

South Korea has passed a law to spur development of intelligent robots & the law has secured financial investment with the aim of putting a robot in every household by the year 2020.

The enormity of the bill has made such an impact that four of neighbouring Japan’s leading start up robotics companies have joined forces. Previously working in isolation as competition, they have formed to create the “Association for market creation of the future generation robots”.

The companies are: Tokyo’s ZMP, Nagoya’s Business Design Laboratory, Osaka’s Vstone and Fukuoka’s Tmsuk.

The partnership between the four firms will mean greater knowledge sharing and an aggressive stance to turn science fiction into reality.
Both Japan and Korea are facing an aging population and they are determined to create advanced caring & companion robots to cope with this serious problem. Below is an example of robotic advancements filmed in Tokyo this year, although not an ISR (Intelligent Service Robot) it demonstrates the advancements made in lifelike robotic movement.