Here’s a smart little assistant robot ‘Mamoru’ that will help the elderly or disabled remember where they left their remote control or their slippers, and even offers polite reminders when it’s time to take some medicine. Designed by the University of Tokyo, one of Japan’s leading robot developers, this prototype elder-care bot uses a wide-angle camera to keep track of the room, and image recognition software to tell what each object is. There is no word on when this prototype will go into mass production. [Newlaunches]
{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }
At ElderGadget, we think this type of robot is the wave of the future in caregiving. We also found the “UBOT-5″ from the Computer Science Department of the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at UMass to be cutting edge as well. You can see the “UBOT-5″ on the ElderGadget Website at http://www.eldergadget.com/?p=945. The linked page will also give you links to a You Tube video of “UBOT-5″ and a link to the UMass “UBOT-5″ as well.