July 23, 2021
The Olympics is a chance for Japan to showcase cutting-edge robotics, automation and computing.
Reuters
Our Tokyo Trail series looks at key issues and athletes in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics , which are scheduled for late July. This is the third of three stories on the use of technology and innovation at the Games.
As soon as Tokyo was named the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, the Japanese government – with the enthusiastic support of companies in the nation’s hi-tech sectors – decided it would make the occasion the most innovative and technologically advanced sporting event ever staged.
It was a sensible approach. While Beijing in 2008 opted for a demonstration of raw power on a grand scale, complete with pyrotechnics, and London four years later brought out Mr Bean, James Bond and the national sense of humour, for Japan it was a chance to showcase cutting-edge robotics , automation and computing.
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