You're right, they've been there from day one when it comes to robot manufacturing. "The Japanese company Kawasaki Robotics started the commercial production o

You're right, they've been there from day one when it comes to robot manufacturing. "The Japanese company Kawasaki Robotics started the commercial production of industrial robots over 40 years ago. Approximately 700,000 industrial robots were used all over the world in 1995, of which 500,000 operated in Japan" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_robot#History_of_industrial_robotics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_robot#History_of_ind...