Panasonic has decided to enter the business of a robot robotic dispensing of medicines. The team will begin shipping worldwide in March 2010 in Japanese hospitals and, later, will be marketed in the U.S. and Europe. As explained yesterday, company spokesman Akira Kadota, "the humanoid robot is, rather, resembles a small wardrobe with several drawers.
The multinational, based in Osaka, said through a statement that the robot, which individually distribute medicines to patients, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that its aim is to reach $ 315 million (226 million euros) in annual sales of such machines in 2016.
Japan has one of the world's leading robotics industry and the government promotes the development of this sector as an engine of economic growth. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted a formal plan for the robots to fully assimilate into Japanese society in 2025. This includes support for the creation of this market, which by 2015 will mean about 20,000 million.
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