Japan’s Robot of the Year

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Thursday, December 27th, 2007

 

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) 2007 Robot of tthe work-horse, industrial robot from Fanuc Ltd. called M-430iA. The multi-axis, greaseless (read: sanitary) robot is part of a food and pharmaceutical handling system. Unlike your unemployed uncle with his GED, this bot can work non-stop, 24 hours a day, accurately picking up 120 items per minute as they roll down a conveyor belt.

That’s cool, they have an annual ROBOT AWARD! I would get a kick out of it if it was named Yeti though. All jokes aside, a greaseless food handling system sounds great. Yet, with these robots comes unemployment issues. As the article mentions, "Unlike your unemployed uncle with his GED, this bot can work non-stop, 24 hours a day, accurately picking up 120 items per minute as they roll down a conveyor belt." that is great, but there should be a limit. Unemployment sucks, and many small towns depend on their local manufacturing plants to keep a steady payroll. I’m all for innovation, within limits.

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