Aug 3, 2009
Robo-Maid
Toyota and Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology Research
Initiative have designed a robot to assist with Japan’s predicted labor
shortage which stems from the nation’s low birthrate and aging society.
The robot has two arms, laser sensors, five recognition cameras
and moves around on wheels. In a demonstration held for the media, “the
robot cleaned up rooms, smoothly put away dishes from a dining table
and picked up shirts and put them in a washing machine”. The robot has
the capacity to recognize objects such as furniture and cleaning
equipment as well as analyze its shortcomings and correct its mistakes.
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