A Japanese research institute has produced an android that can perform tasks on construction sites, including installing drywall panels by picking them from a stack and screwing them into position.
It takes human form so it can do things in a workplace designed for humans.
This addresses a problem with industrial robots, which is that industrial processes usually have to be designed for them, rather than the other way around.
The robot is the HRP-5P, the latest prototype from Humanoid Research Group (HRG) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
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