Seeing the number of elderly farmers, a professor of Japanese creative by creating a robot capable of supporting the elderly farmers.
Professor Shigeki Toyama of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School of Engineering created a tool to reduce the physical burden of farmers.
Quoted from Cnet, Tuesday (08/24/2010), as many as 60% of the population who work as farmers in the country of Japan was 65 years old. At that age they become the main pillar of the workforce in the agricultural sector.
Not having children or pets do not make a British couple was disappointed. With his background as a toy maker, Tonny Ellies and his wife, Judie create a home robot that serves as their “children”.
“Meet the 21st-century family,” said 54-year-old man patting the shoulder Aimec robots. Yes, Aimec is a robot boy with a height of about 120 cm.
A group of researchers at the University of California at Irvine, USA, found a way that is cheap, easy and fun for the children in learning to steer a wheelchair. To lower the cost and improve accessibility to training, the researchers have developed a robotic powered wheelchair system on which young children with a disability can safely develop driving skills at their own pace with minimum assistance. A Wheelchair robotics, and a line follower robot used for this training.
