Positive Technology Journal

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will invest over 2 billion yen (US$17.4 million) to support the development of intelligent robots that rely on their own decision-making skills in the workplace.

The objective of METI’s robot budget is to support the development of key artificial intelligence technology for robots over the next 5 years, with the goal of introducing intelligent robots to the market by 2015.