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Japanology Plus: 1x26

Robots

Japan is a robotics superpower. There are approximately 300,000 industrial robots at work in Japan—that’s more than any other country, and a quarter of the world total. Japan is also known for its cutting-edge humanoid robots, many of them featuring endearing designs reminiscent of anime characters. On this edition of Japanology Plus, our theme is robots. Our expert guest is Tomotaka Takahashi, a professor and renowned robot creator. And in Plus One, some amazing androids.

Nov. 13, 2014