There are currently a number of smaller competitive robotic events such as the RoboCup and the Darpa Robotics Challenge

Mr Abe hopes to increase Japan's market for machines to £13.8

When Japan hosts the summer Olympics in 2020, prime minister Shinzo Abe is determined to make it an event to remember.

And what better way, he claims, than to include robotic competitors to show off the world’s technical achievements.

Mr Abe made the comments during a tour of robotics factories in Tokyo and Saitama, where he also announced the creation of a taskforce to treble the size of the Japanese robotics industry.

Prime minister Shinzo Abe made the comments during a tour of robotics factories in Tokyo and Saitama, where he also announced the creation of a taskforce to treble the size of the industry

The industry could help revitalise the country's economy, and Mr Abe hopes to increase its market for machines to 2.4 trillion yen (£13.8 billion or $24 billion).

'In 2020, I would like to gather all of the world's robots and aim to hold an Olympics where they compete in technical skills,' Mr Abe said.

'We want to make robots a major pillar of our economic growth strategy.

'We would like to set up a council on making a robotic revolution a reality in order to aid Japan's growth.'

There are also a number of smaller competitive events such as the RoboCup (pictured) and contests such as the Darpa Robotics Challenge

This isn’t the first time that a robotics competition has been organised on a large-scale. In 2010, China launched a humanoid battle that included 16 events.

There are also a number of smaller competitive events such as the RoboCup and the Darpa Robotics Challenge.

Meanwhile, Switzerland is currently gearing up to host the world’s first cyborg Olympics in 2016.

Japan is currently a leader in the sector. The country recently unveiled a chatty humanoid robot that its makers say can understand people's emotions.

Other robotic accomplishments include a realistic robotic newsreaders and a droid with reflexes so fast it can never be beaten at the game 'rock, paper, scissors'.