The Japanese Government gets it - robots have to b

The Japanese Government gets it - robots have to be safe and practical.

CEO Spencer has already met with Japanese Government officials in this regard, perhaps their recommendation is what got ZMP's CEO Taniguchi interested in GOSY.

[quote]"We are very impressed (with) your effort to spread robot technology to the field, especially for the elderly care, showing on your website. Communication between CareBot and elderly was fascinating in the real caring field. In Japan, we are trying to establish the legal issues for developing and spreading elder care robot technologies to such areas... By doing this we would expect to open up the way to develop and establish Japanese standards and legal systems for personal robot providers," stated [b]Dr. Kentaro Kotani, Professor, Kansai University, representing the Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)[/b]. Dr. Kotani is also a member of the Project Steering Committee under the management of the Japan Automobile Research Institute.

Accompanying Dr. Kotani at this mobile robot safety summit was Dr. Masahiro Kato, General Manager, Department of Robot Technology Promotion, Manufacturing Science and Technology Center (MSTC). Dr. Kato was intimately involved in Hitachi's personal robot R&D for many years.

Drs. Kotani and Kato are master roboticists due to their formal, advanced educations and many years of significant involvement in Japanese mobile robot R&D. Their senior roles within their respective organizations substantiate they are within the inner circle of Japanese robot industry strategic planning and decision making officials[/quote]


http://www.geckosystems.com/investors/press_r...panese.php


http://www.nedo.go.jp/content/100079541.pdf