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Aug 29, 2009 03:15 AM

Japanese create teddy bear robot nurse

by Anxious Patient Premium Member

Japanese researchers have created a robot nurse that can lift elderly patients from wheelchairs and beds. It looks like a giant teddy bear.

Promoters are calling it the world's first robot to lift people in its arms, nicknamed, Riba.
Riba can move patients weighing up to 134 pounds in its foam-padded paws and transfer them from beds to wheelchairs. Its cute face is designed to make the 400-pound robot less imposing.

Riba can also recognize faces and voices and respond to voice commands... it will be deployed to hospitals over the next five years.


http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10320851-1.html


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from miss81
Old Aug 29, 2009, 07:58 AM

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Yeah, I could lift the 134lbs patients... that's not the problem! Seriously, how many patient are that small. Not very many in my hospital.
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 11:03 AM

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Yeah, I could lift the 134lbs patients... that's not the problem! Seriously, how many patient are that small. Not very many in my hospital.

Ahhh i like this robot...keep in mind it's in japan. Here you'd need robot that can lift about 500 lb. However the facility i worked at had pretty good lifts and we didnt have to strain our backs.
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 12:19 PM

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You just wait. They will make one that looks like Hello Kitty.
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 12:20 PM

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OMG - I'm obsolete!

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Old Aug 29, 2009, 01:24 PM

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Ahhh i like this robot...keep in mind it's in japan. Here you'd need robot that can lift about 500 lb. However the facility i worked at had pretty good lifts and we didnt have to strain our backs.
Exactly. If you recall correctly, the US edition of the Wii Balance Board was also reinforced to accommodate our ultranourished selves.

Im dead serious.
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 01:30 PM

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You just wait. They will make one that looks like Hello Kitty.
LOL!!! Too funny...
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 06:35 PM

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This takes the cake for weirdest thing I've seen today...does anybody else feel slightly creeped out?
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from lperkrn
Old Aug 29, 2009, 08:00 PM

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Wonder if that costs less than hiring a new grad???
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Old Aug 29, 2009, 11:49 PM

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think it comes with a remote control?
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