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By 2015, Japanese business group SOHLA, hopes to put a humanoid robot on the moon. They plan to use a bipedal robot but it’ll be pretty tough. Even on Earth, bipedal robots are clumsy. So why go to the trouble?
SOHLA board member Noriyuki Yoshida explains:
“Humanoid robots are glamorous, and they tend to get people fired up. We hope to develop a charming robot to fulfill the dream of going to space.”
That’s all fine and good. My only concern is that Japanese businessmen can sometimes have strange ideas about what makes a charming robot. Then again, I’d love to see a moon mission that somehow turned into this:
