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May 2004

Humanoids for the Home

By 2010, the Japanese government hopes, full-fledged, humanoid robots will be common sights in middle-class homes.

By Charles C. Mann

Everyone in Japan knows the exact date on which the Age of Robots began: April 7, 2003, Astro Boy's birthday.

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