--- title: Japan Science and Technology Agency Develops... description: Japan's Moonshot research program is developing AI-powered humanoid robots called AIREC for elderly care by 2050. The robots use NVIDIA GPUs, Jetson Orin... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/japan-science-and-technology-agency-develops-nvidia-powered-moonshot-robot-for-elderly-care-yuaq0gyje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Japan Science and Technology Agency Develops NVIDIA-Powered Moonshot Robot for Elderly Care | daily.dev og:description: Japan's Moonshot research program is developing AI-powered humanoid robots called AIREC for elderly care by 2050. The robots use NVIDIA GPUs, Jetson Orin... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/japan-science-and-technology-agency-develops-nvidia-powered-moonshot-robot-for-elderly-care-yuaq0gyje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Yuaq0Gyje.png og:image:alt: Japan Science and Technology Agency Develops NVIDIA-Powered Moonshot Robot for Elderly Care og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Japan Science and Technology Agency Develops NVIDIA-Powered Moonshot Robot for Elderly Care **[NVIDIA](https://daily.dev/sources/nvidia)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Japan's Moonshot research program is developing AI-powered humanoid robots called AIREC for elderly care by 2050. The robots use NVIDIA GPUs, Jetson Orin modules, and Isaac Sim for training on caregiving tasks like cooking, cleaning, and patient repositioning. Researchers are focusing on automating complex care activities such as diaper changing and bathing assistance, using 3D posture estimation, trajectory calculations, and force prediction to ensure safe patient handling. The project has accelerated significantly with recent advances in generative AI, moving from theoretical concept to practical implementation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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