(28 Feb 2007)
1. Wide of robot picking up cup
2. Close-up of robot pouring tea from bottle into cup
3. Close-up of robots 'face'
4. Pull out from close-up of robot placing cup on table, to wide of robot placing bottle on table
5. Pan from people watching robot through window to robot in room with man
6. Man drinking cup of tea poured by robot
7. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Tomomasa Sato, Professor of Mechano-Informatics at University of Tokyo:
"In case of a human, we have to be very careful to that person and sometimes we have to thank him or her very deeply. But in case of robot we need not care about that. The only thing we have to do is just to order that robot to do something, that's all. And if the robot can complete that that is ok. So it is quite comfortable for human beings to be served by the robot not by the human."
8. Wide of two robots
9. Mid of robot picking up cup
10. Wide of robot turning round to face sink
11. Close-up of robot's 'face'
12. Tilt-up of robot at sink
13. Close-up of robot turning on tap
14. Mid of robot washing out cup
15. Wide of robot turning off tap and placing cup on draining board
LEADIN
Professors at Tokyo University on Wednesday gave a glimpse into a future world where robots can help out around the house.
It may not be as fast as a human, and it's movements might be a little jerky, but the humanoid robot can pour a cup of tea and even wash up the cup afterwards.
STORYLINE
The robot is the result of four years of hard work using cutting edge technology gathered from more than 40 Robotics and Information Technology professors at the University of Tokyo.
Japan is in a leading position in terms of robotic design, but most robots are used in industrial environments.
The team of professors at Tokyo University wanted to create a robot that could be used in other environments.
University of Tokyo professor Tomomasa Sato says the best part about a robot is that you don't
have to feel bad about asking it to do things.
He believes Japan, a rapidly aging society with more than a fifth of the population 65 or older, will lead
the world in designing robots to care for the elderly, sick and bedridden.
It's hoped this kind of service robot could be used in hospitals or household where the users are not in the position to conduct the normal chore themselves.
Keyword-science-technology
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