.... In the future Mr Kikuchi believes that the growth in new applications for robot will be in tasks that humans cannot physically perform rather than, as today, in jobs a human would rather not do because of the environmental conditions or the danger of the process. Working in a vacuum is an example of a human...

... and, as a result, there is a natural wastage of potentially toxic lubricant. In addition, installing and servicing hydraulic systems can result in major leakages the majority of which simply lters into the ground, perhaps causing serious environmental damage. Water hydraulics Chambers Twentieth Century...