A robot, developed by Japanese researchers, that imitates speech and mannerisms sent through the video-phone makes virtual visits by distant callers possible.
Robotic Help for the Elderly in Japan
Inventions that involve robots for almost every activity were on show at a robotics fair in Japan where an increasingly aging population needs assistance in its daily routine.
Inventions that involve robots for almost every activity were on show at a robotics fair in Japan where an increasingly aging population needs assistance in its daily routine.
In one demonstration, the robot relayed the voice and movements of a grandchild speaking to a grandfather, saying "I'd like to visit your place... but now my private tutor is here to teach me."
In another demonstration, the same robot, transferring a doctor's presence, asked the same old man: "How are you feeling lately?"
The robot has been made to look similar to a human but without hair, to appear "as both male and female, as both old and young," the developers said.
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