Japan robots-"The ‘spreading stage’ should begin about 2010, and the ‘full-fledged spreading stage’ in 2015."

"The HRP-3 Promet II, a product of Kawada, Kawasaki, and Japan’s AIST, was designed with the goal of developing a humanoid robot with sufficient skills to enter the workforce. Kawada hopes to court employers by offering the Promet II at $120,000 per robot by 2010."

"Hospitals are already using these robots worldwide."

"suite of computer-based tools, Judicial Intelligence will help litigators strategically analyze the opinions of judges they will face in court"

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South Korea-"robotic surgeons in 2018"; robots in every house in South Korea (and many in Europe) in 2015-2020

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_future_in_forecasts#The_list_of_future_events_.28structured_by_topic.29