Robot and robotechnology news
01.01.1970 //Robot helps to learn to walk.
Developers sufficiently much attention give to the robots, which subsequently will be intended or for fulfilling the routine work or for the a little senseless and foolish entertainment. But here the developments of medical destination - once, two miscalculated. Indeed precisely in this sphere the aid of highly intellectual machines is very claimed. Therefore because of the efforts of the collaboration of the robotostroiteley of the Japanese university Tohoku into being came one of the robots of assistants to sick people - Walking Partner Robot. This robot is called to help the people rehabilitated after injuries with the ease to again find the habits of walking. Walking Partner Robot Is equipped with the system of the sensors, which reveal the presence of obstacles, steps, and the like with checking of motion and behavior of user. Three sensors check status of man, revealing and measuring the distance to the potential obstacles. Robot reacts to the changes, accompanying process by vocal warnings, and it is automatically stopped or it brakes when necessarily. Also a novelty can be will be used not only in the hospital chambers, but also in the daily life - very by the way Walking Partner Robot it is necessary for elderly people, by which it is complicated to be moved. Also it is planned to begin the development of the "street" version Walking Partner Robot, for the jaunt on the lanes and the parks. Supposedly the price of novelty will be about $4200.