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Author: Nihon Sangyōyō Robotto Kōgyōkai
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 604
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduction to the Japanese robot industry; current trends in robot popularization & future development of robots. This is the English version of a Japanese report, 'Long-Term Demand Forecast of Industrial Robots', issued by JIRA.
Author: Jennifer Robertson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0520283198
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids, androids, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. In addition, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. Similarly, she juxtaposes how robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal” body with a deconstruction of the much-invoked Theory of the Uncanny Valley.
Author: Leslie Cousineau
Publisher: ASCE Publications
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780784474396
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents Japan"s achievements in the development and application of over 100 construction robots and five automated systems. The Japanese have progressed far beyond the U.S. in these new technologies, which are already having a revolutionary impact on Japanese architecture. The impact of robotics has already begun to show measured improvements in quality, productivity, and safety in construction.
Author: Timothy N. Hornyak
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 2006-05-25
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9784770030122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While the US sponsors robot-on-robot destruction contests, Japan's feature tasks that mimic non-violent human activities. Why is this? What accounts for Japan's unique relationship with robots as potential colleagues in life, rather than potential adversaries? This book answers this query by looking at Japan's historical connections with robots. Japan stands out for its long love affair with robots, a phenomenon that is creating what will likely be the world's first mass robot culture. While US companies have created robot vacuum cleaners and war machines, Japan has
Author: Frederik L. Schodt
Publisher: Kodansha
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 270
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2018-11-28
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 1484386817
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Selected Issues
Author: Yano Economic Research Institute
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 246
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. Hartley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-09
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 3662072491
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Much has been said and written about Japan's manufacturing prowess. Most ofthe comment comes from people who are merely visitors to the country and can be best cIassified as 'observers looking in from the outside'. Other views come from the Japanese themselves in which the double barrier of culture and language filters out much information that would be of real value to Western industrialists. Neither of these limitations apply to John Hartley, who has been resident in Japan for the past five years. He understands the culture, can speak the language and has extensive contacts at the highest level. Therefore, he is in a unique position to report on the Japanese scene and its activities in advanced manufacturing technology. This he has been doing on a regular basis to IFS magazines: The Industrial Robot, Assembly Automation, Sensor Review and The FMS Magazine. Most of the material in this book is from John Hartley's 'pen' and represents his most significant contributions on flexible automation in Japan to these journals over the last three years. It is augmented with a few other articles written by leading authorities on new technology in Japanese manufacturing industry.
