JAPAN and the WORLD Magazine JULY ISSUE 2015 #Issue 12 | Page 58

FEATURE
HAL
When Robotics meet Cybernetics.
GRABIT
Grasping the future of robotics
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable
change, that is the dominant factor in society
today. No sensible decision can be made any
longer without taking into account not only
the world as it is, but the world as it will be.”
ISAAC ASIMOV
Photograph
Robotics play a critical role in space exploration. Pictured is the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars
in August 2012 and has been performing various studies of the Red Planet’s climate and geology.