Robot festival in Tokyo

Published: 25 November 2009 y., Wednesday
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Japan, home to nearly half the world's industrial robots and eyeing a multi-billion industry, is hosting the International Robot Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo.  

With hopes to build a $10 billion industry by 2016, robots that may be dancing today could be working tomorrow.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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