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#Japan holds first#robotics revolutioncouncil meeting This fall the Japanese government held its first meeting of a new panel focused on its goal of aâ#robotics revolution#a key item in the government#s economic growth strategy adopted in June. The panel is tasked with promotingâ measures to increaseâ the use of robots and related technologies in various fields extending out ofâ the manufacturing sector andâ into hotel distribution medical and elderly nursing-care services. According toâ Prime minister Shinzo Abe who instigated the robot panel determiningâ the appropriate use of robots will be a key to solving these problems. Despite Japan being a leader in the field of industrial robots companies still rely heavily on human labor making it difficult to secure enough workers and blocking efforts to improve productivity. Prime minister Shinzo Abe instructed the obot revolutioncouncil to: work out a strategy for using robots as the key means to solve labor shortages amid the declining birthrate and aging population low productivity of the services sector and other challenges plaguing Japan and for developing the robot industry into a growth sector to explore global markets. He added that his hope is that the government will seek to make Japan a showcase for robots in service for various areas ahead of other countries by 2020. The government said Japan will double its robot-related market to Â¥1. 2 trillion (US$11. 3 billion) Â by 2020 in the manufacturing sector and achieve a 20-fold jump in the non manufacturing sector also to Â¥1. 2 trillion. A government paper lays out the factors behind the robot revolution with respect to manufacturing stating: The Government will seek to improve (factory) Â productivity through the utilization of robot technology thereby improving the profitability of companies and helping to raise wages. The panel chaired by Mitsubishi electric Corp. consultant Tamotsu Nomakuchi will work out a five-year plan to be presented by the end of 2014 with details on how they willâ achieve the numerical targets. The robot councilâ will also discuss the legal regulations needed to promote the use of robots and related technologies h

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