{"id":142344,"date":"2025-12-14T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142344"},"modified":"2025-12-14T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T06:00:18","slug":"stuck-in-the-factory-how-robotics-pioneer-japan-missed-the-ai-driven-humanoid-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=142344","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the factory: how robotics pioneer Japan missed the AI-driven humanoid boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhile humanoid robots from China and the US have captured the imagination of people for their skill at serving drinks, taking part in boxing matches and running marathons, and entertaining through dance moves on stage, their counterparts in Japan \u2013 the long-time leader of the robotics world \u2013 are mostly confined to factories.<br \/>\nJapan\u2019s early forays into humanoids date back to the 1960s, so what happened along the way?<br \/>\nAt the 26th International Robot Exhibition (IREX), a four-day, biennial industry&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3336327\/stuck-factory-how-robotics-pioneer-japan-missed-ai-driven-humanoid-boom?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhile humanoid robots from China and the US have captured the imagination of people for their skill at serving drinks, taking part in boxing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142344"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}