Robear: the bear-shaped nursing robot who'll look after you when you get old
by Stuart Dredge from on (#3Y3A)
Japanese robot can lift patients from beds into wheelchairs or help them to stand up, promising 'powerful yet gentle care' for the elderly
A number of companies have explored the idea of humanoid robots as future home-helpers for elderly people. The latest experiment from Japan is distinctly more bear-shaped, though.
Meet Robear, an experimental nursing-care robot developed by the RIKEN-SRK Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research and Sumitomo Riko Company.
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