The wedding took place at a restaurant in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo, where the I-Fairy wore a wreath of flowers and directed a rooftop ceremony. Wires led out from beneath it to a black curtain a few feet away, where a man crouched and clicked commands into a computer。
這場婚禮在東京中部日比谷公園的一家餐廳的屋頂上舉行。“愛精靈”頭戴花環,幫助新人完成了儀式。距機器人幾英尺遠處有一個黑簾子,簾子后面是一臺與機器人身體相連的電腦,有人在此通過電腦發布指令。
Japan has one of the most advanced robotics industries in the world, with the government actively supporting the field for future growth. Industrial models in factories are now standard, but recently Japanese companies are making a push to inject robots into everyday life。
由于政府大力支持該領域以應對未來發展,日本的機器人產業一直處于世界領先水平。應用于工廠的工業機器人目前已經非常規范,而最近日本公司正在推進機器人在日常生活中的使用。
Honda makes a walking child-shaped robot, and other firms have developed them to entertain the elderly or play baseball. Kokoro, whose corporate goal is to "touch the hearts of the people," also makes giant dinosaur robots for exhibitions and lifelike androidmodels that can smile and laugh. The company is a subsidiaryof Sanrio Co., which owns the rights to Hello Kitty and other Japanese characters。
本田公司開發了一種可以行走的兒童型機器人,其它公司還開發出了幫老年人解悶和會打棒球的機器人。以“觸動人心”為宗旨的Kokoro公司曾研制出供展覽的大型恐龍機器人,以及會微笑和大笑的仿真機器人。Kokoro公司隸屬于三麗鷗公司,該公司旗下有Hello Kitty和其它一些日本卡通人物形象等文化品牌。