The latest confirmed fatality was a 78-year-old Hideo Hirayama who was buried under mud in southern Fukuoka prefecture, a local police spokesman said.
"There are all kinds of robots out there doing many different things," said Hideo Shimazu, director of the NEC System Technology Research Laboratory and a joint-leader of the robot project.
NEC系统科技研究实验室主席、本机器人计划合作主要研究人Hideo Shimazu说：“目前很多工作都有专门的机器人来完成。”
