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In 2007, Martine Rothblatt commissioned Hanson Robotics to create a robot using her wife, Bina Aspen Rothblatt, as the template. [3] David Hanson created BINA48 in his Plano, Texas, laboratory. The robot is currently housed in Vermont, at the offices of the Terasem Movement Foundation (TMF), and is maintained by TMF's executive director, Bruce ...
A companion robot is a robot created to create real or apparent companionship for human beings. [1] Target markets for companion robots include the elderly [2] and single children. [3] Companions robots are expected to communicate with non-experts in a natural and intuitive way.
Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending to the sick and elderly, according ...
Social robots take on the function of social communication. Domestic humanoid robots are used by elderly and immobilized residents to keep them company. Wakamaru is a domestic humanoid robot developed in Japan. [5] Its function is to act as a care taker.
TOKYO, March 28 - Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it.Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a group of senior citizens in exercises. The upright Tree guides a ...
Robots were successfully able to understand the needs of patients in initial trials. Pictured here is another case of robotics in healthcare—a system programmed by the Rostock scientists for the ...
Valkyrie, a humanoid robot, [1] from NASA. A humanoid robot is a robot resembling the human body in shape. The design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study of bipedal locomotion, or for other purposes. In general, humanoid robots have a torso, a head ...
QUAN: New Caregiver Robots Poised to Change Elderly Lives HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the world's population ages, Quantum International Corp. (OTCBB: QUAN) is exploring new innovations capable ...