{"id":260,"date":"2016-04-01T06:20:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2016-04-01T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T14:20:55","slug":"robotics-makes-baby-steps-toward-solving-japans-child-care-shortage-the-japan-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/robotics-makes-baby-steps-toward-solving-japans-child-care-shortage-the-japan-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics makes baby steps toward solving Japan&#8217;s child care shortage | The Japan Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2016\/04\/01\/national\/social-issues\/robotics-makes-baby-steps-toward-solving-japans-child-care-shortage\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/abloglikethis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-rohocare-a-20160401-870x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike human day care staff, the Or-B don\u2019t suffer from mental or physical fatigue. They\u2019ll never tire of repeating the same stories and performing the same daily tasks,\u201d Hara said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, as they can access a vast library of \u201cAnpanman\u201d and \u201cTeletubbies\u201d episodes, they can quickly defuse any temper tantrum and crying jag that might occur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In terms of teaching and nurturing, Or-B units have certain advantages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr-B\u2019s voice can be female, male or gender neutral,\u201d said Yoshikazu Musaki, a specialist in early childhood education. Furthermore its learning capabilities, coupled with the latest in artificial intelligence, will allow it to customize its care to each child, Musaki added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2016\/04\/01\/national\/social-issues\/robotics-makes-baby-steps-toward-solving-japans-child-care-shortage\/\">Robotics makes baby steps toward solving Japan&#8217;s child care shortage | The Japan Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cUnlike human day care staff, the Or-B don\u2019t suffer from mental or physical fatigue. They\u2019ll never tire of repeating the same stories and performing the same daily tasks,\u201d Hara said. \u201cFurthermore, as they can access a vast library of \u201cAnpanman\u201d and \u201cTeletubbies\u201d episodes, they can quickly defuse any temper tantrum and crying jag that might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-robotics","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aplacelikethis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}