Doing housework, looking after children and taking care of the elderly, can only get easier, thanks to robots.

In Japan the population is growing older and the birth rate is declining sitting at 1.3 per cent.

Problem identified.

The elderly demographic is increasing, which means many will retire leaving behind thousands, okay millions, of empty jobs.

A recent article posted on NewsDaily by Reuters, explained that more than 3.5 million jobs could be filled by robots in the next 30 years. A think-tank from the Machine Industry Memorial Foundation (MIMF), believes robots could help people with small tasks, freeing up more time to focus on important things.

Solution targeted.

Apparently robots could even entertain children for short periods. These techno-humans will also be able to monitor the health of seniors, which, the MIMF said, could save trillions of yen (billions of dollars) in elderly insurance payments. The androids would, of course, be replacing human nursing care.

The Japanese government estimates that 40 per cent of the population will be over 65 by 2055. Small solutions such as; workers retiring at 65, extra day care, and increasing foreign labour, just aren't enough.

So this futuristic solution of creating hu-machines is the only option, except that, people just aren't going to trust a robot to replace humans.

But the MIMF has another few years to convince people otherwise.