Toyota unveils helpful Human Support Robot
September 25, 2012
Human Support Robot (credit: Toyota)
Toyota has unveiled a new assistant robot alled the Human Support Robot (HSR), designed to help the disabled live more independently, Gizmag reports.
The HSR can be controlled using a simple graphical user interface via tablet. It can also wear a tablet atop its head, which would allow caregivers and family members to communicate with the robot’s owner over Skype or other services.
Unlike recent telepresence robots, the HSR has an arm and gripper for doing the simple tasks we often take for granted.
Comments (14)
by suratebi
Wonder how difficult it would be to mount a frikkin’ laser on it’s tablet-holding flat little head…could double as a pest control ‘bot.
by Infinitos
South Korea thinks that by 2020 there will be a robot in every house , i can see things moving fairly nice , it’s still 2012 and i can see robots becoming smarter and useful . some already in use in china there are robots that can cut noodles , there are security robots used in jails in south Korea and now this .
by Mark Childs
I would like to know more about this as I am disabled my back is injured and I’m a digital electronic technician grad 1982. Where might I find more information, Please.
Thanks
Mark
by trakk
google or bing search……toyota website?
by GatorALLin
…thought this ted video was interesting and related…
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots.html
and this one talks about the labor force and jobs lost to robots. interesting point at the end. http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html
by Gorden Russell
Thanks for the link, GatorALLin. That McAfee talk was important. We need to talk about something he said, that Siri will get together with Watson and their power will be 16 times greater in only six years.
by Mr.X
One Japanese guy told me they’d count on robots instead of immigration to sustain their society.As opposed to us.
by Bri
We are counting on robots to assist us as opposed to counting on immigrants and Chinese or Japanese to come and help us. I don’t think us helping the Japanese, or them helping us has been in our plans ever. Robotically speaking, we have a very symbiotic development relationship.
by Mr.X
He said that to me.
As you may know, I am European. Therefore he meant us, not the US^^
by Bri
I thought you spoke more generally, as in foreigners of Japan. Did he mean Germany or the EU.
by Mr.X
He meant Europeans.Most non-western outsiders don’t differentiate that much, to the annoyance of some friends I have (especially the French think themselves unique). If he wanted to be accurate, he should have said western and northern Europe.
I guess you assumed he meant Germany, since you forgot the question mark^^
Additionally, other countries “import” more people than we do, whereas our immigrants partly emmigrate back, or even -gasp-integrate.
For example we have turkish comedians using our humor and speaking our language perfectly while having retained their identity.There is also one turkish author writing the Germans favorite fiction-genre: crime novels. I myself prefer thrillers, but maybe I am too young to appreciate crime novel ;).
Anyway, one thing annoying me is a certain islamistic tendency nowadays, often aggraviated by preachers traveling through all of Europe.I, as atheist, don’t want our politician to restrict freedom of speech for some people just because they threaten violence.
It would also be unfair to those who fled their countries specifically for this reason.
If technology advances fast enough, our old countries may become young again.
Otherwise I will emmigrate, since I don’t see myself bow before religious fanatics.
by Gorden Russell
Wasn’t an article posted here last week about a robot that picks weeds? When robots can pick tomatoes and pull carrots and radishes, the immigrants will have no place to go. The Teabaggers will have nothing left to complain about.
by de Broglie
It is better than importing poverty from the third world. Even though the US has cheaper labor, the externalities such as public services used do not come out favorably. Mexican immigrants use more services and cause more problems than they create economic benefit. The United States should only have guestworker status for low wage laborers. Besides, despite what many believe about human biodiversity, the average IQ of Mexican immigrants is about a half standard deviation below the average white IQ. The jobs of the future will require intelligence not simple rote behavior. The japanese are doing the right thing to preserve their economy and culture.
by Mr.X
It could not be that Mexicans have lower IQ because of their poverty?
And let’s not forget, generally it’s not the “Crème de la Crème” which flees their country.
Just a question, you certainly don’t have to answer, if you do not want: How high is your IQ?