Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Robot with a tender touch

So far, most robot applications insisted to be 'hands-off' due to the overarching concern of people getting hurt from a robots clumsiness and rigidness. However, there are many applications - from hospital patient management to elderly care, where some hand-on robot-human interaction will be required. Here now one first attempt to tame the beast. We'll probably have to wait a long time before that makes it through FDA approval, though ...

Guide robot steers with a tender touch - tech - 12 January 2009 - New Scientist

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