November 12, 2009

Toyota Robot Designed for the Infirm

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Toyota's latest solution in robotics is the Delivery Robot, geared towards the elderly and disabled. The one-armed bot responds with speech recognition, laser range finder and stereo cameras to perform some of the more banal tasks like opening a door, taking out trash or cleaning up. Just don't ask it to open that child-proof pill bottle.

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Posted by Sheila Franklin at November 12, 2009 9:10 PM

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