Comments on: Project promises blue-collar bots for aging society http://pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:01:31 +0900 hourly 1 By: Plastic Bamboo » Blog Archive » Robots help the aged http://pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-9203 Plastic Bamboo » Blog Archive » Robots help the aged Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:57:49 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-9203 [...] Via Pink Tentacle [...] [...] Via Pink Tentacle [...]

]]> By: We Love Blogging About Robots at SOTEL Blog http://pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7947 We Love Blogging About Robots at SOTEL Blog Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:43:32 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7947 [...] In more robot news [via Pink Tentacle], a Japanese consortium is working to develop more robotics technology for aiding the elderly, particularly affordable ones for the middle market: The project timeline includes developing robots capable of straightening up rooms by 2008, robots capable of making beds by 2013, and robots capable of lifting/carrying the elderly by 2016. Other goals include developing robots that can arrange products on supermarket shelves, fold laundry and perform heavy-duty cleaning. Enhancing robot autonomy appears to factor highly into the goals of the project, which hopes to see the development of autonomous robots able to perform product assembly work with little supervision. [...] [...] In more robot news [via Pink Tentacle], a Japanese consortium is working to develop more robotics technology for aiding the elderly, particularly affordable ones for the middle market: The project timeline includes developing robots capable of straightening up rooms by 2008, robots capable of making beds by 2013, and robots capable of lifting/carrying the elderly by 2016. Other goals include developing robots that can arrange products on supermarket shelves, fold laundry and perform heavy-duty cleaning. Enhancing robot autonomy appears to factor highly into the goals of the project, which hopes to see the development of autonomous robots able to perform product assembly work with little supervision. [...]

]]> By: Velcro City Tourist Board » Blog Archive » Links for 09-08-2006 http://pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7876 Velcro City Tourist Board » Blog Archive » Links for 09-08-2006 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:19:24 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7876 [...] 5 - Japanese project promises blue-collar bots for aging society If there aren’t enough young people to look after the elderly, who the hell is going to build these robots, exactly? (tags: futurism population ageing society technology transportation elderly care labour menial workforce robotic Japan) [...] [...] 5 – Japanese project promises blue-collar bots for aging society If there aren’t enough young people to look after the elderly, who the hell is going to build these robots, exactly? (tags: futurism population ageing society technology transportation elderly care labour menial workforce robotic Japan) [...]

]]> By: Japanese Pledge Robots For the Old On the Way at TV in Japan http://pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7832 Japanese Pledge Robots For the Old On the Way at TV in Japan Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:37:16 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/08/project-promises-blue-collar-bots-for-aging-society/#comment-7832 [...] Scientists at Tokyo U and a number of corporations have made it clear that robots are our future, or more specifically, they’re the future of us when we’re old. [...] [...] Scientists at Tokyo U and a number of corporations have made it clear that robots are our future, or more specifically, they’re the future of us when we’re old. [...]

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