Robots in China

Thanks to Jim for passing this blog entry on the "Chinese Beauty Robot" over to me.

Does China really need robots to dance, bow & greet people? In place with 1.4 billion people, I think not. Although, robots are cool (I had a cool when when I was a kid, but my brother and sister broke it). So, if nothing else than to make an impression and show that China can be "high-tech", then OK.

But back to my question...in a country where you can find a person for any job and typically, people only do one specific job, why are robots needed? When you can walk down the street and see 50 guys planting 25 plants...when you can look at a construction site and see one guy with a screw driver, one with a hammer and one with the wrench (not one person with all 3 tools)...why robots?

I'm just wondering if China plans to increase its already massive population with robots walking around the cities. But hey, maybe they can give the massages in the WCs, that would be a little less creepy, but still creepy.