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	The fact that humans do simple and difficult work themselves contributes to the labour shortage and prevents a rise in productivity, Jiji press news agency reported Abe as saying.</div>
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	He told a meeting of the committee on the Realisation of a Robot Revolution that his growth strategy is to double the size of the market for industrial robots to 1.2 trillion yen (11.2 billion dollars) by 2020.</div>
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	It is planned that the market for service industry robots will rise20-fold in the same period to the same size as that for industrial robots.</div>
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	Growth in the robot sector will become a driving force in reviving the country&#39;s economy, Abe said.</div>
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	DPA</div>

Japan plans robot revolution

Tokyo - Japan plans to broaden the market for robots beyond their main use in manufacturing to the service sector, including guesthouses and care homes, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of a new government committee Thursday.