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2006/1/26-29 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration, Computer/Theory] UID:41560 Activity:nil
1/26    Hello realkitty:
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/od_nm/japan_robot_dc
        \_ People have been predicting this trend for years.  Given Japan's
           generally anti-immigration stance and its
           soon-to-be-rapidly-shrinking population, manpower will be quite
           scarce.  That combined with a culture that's accepting of (or even
           enamored with) robots and seeing them soon in day-to-day jobs seems
           inevitable.
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news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/od_nm/japan_robot_dc
Reuters Robot receptionists to debut Thu Jan 26, 11:39 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Need temporary help on your company's reception desk? One Japanese employment agency is suggesting you try recruiting a robot. Click here For just under 50,000 yen ($430) a month, a fraction of the cost of a human temp, the PeopleStaff agency will dispatch Hello Kitty Robo, a robotic receptionist capable of sensing a visitor's presence, greeting him or her and holding simple conversations. The Nagoya-based agency is also offering the services of Ifbot, an elderly-care robot that chats and poses riddles and arithmetical problems to train the brain and help avoid dementia. Spaceman-like Ifbot, which also quizzes people about their health, is aimed at hospitals and old peoples' homes. A spokeswoman for PeopleStaff said it would cost more than 300,000 yen a month to employ a person for this type of work, but warned that the robots were not capable of doing everything human employees can do. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.