| Robo-Chefs and Fashion-Bots On Show In Tokyo                                                 |
|   from the someone-will-need-to-nurse-the-elderly dept.                                      |
|   posted by timothy on Friday November 27, @04:50 (Robotics)                                 |
|   https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/27/059215/Robo-Chefs-and-Fashion-Bots-On-Show-In-|
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avishere writes “The International Robot Exhibition kicked off this week
in Tokyo, [0]unveiling the latest whirring and buzzing inventions from
192 companies and 64 organizations from at home and abroad — and bringing
humanity another step closer to irrelevance. Among the humanoid cavalcade
was [1]a prototype robo-chef, showing off its cooking and cutting skills,
along with robots to play with your children, model clothes, and search
for disaster victims. There was also [2]one made almost exclusively of
cardboard. The exhibition — which opened with a human-like robot called
Nextage cutting the ribbon — runs until Saturday.”

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Links:
0. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6931585.ece
1. http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Japan+prepares+robots+take+over+kitchen/1681627/story.html
2. http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientists-unveil-worlds-first-eco-friendly-robot-made-of-cardboard-236097/

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| Elder-Assist Robotic Suits, From the Real Cyberdyne                                          |
|   from the how-do-you-know-it’s-not-the-same-one dept.                                       |
|   posted by timothy on Sunday October 25, @04:02 (Robotics)                                  |
|   https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/0050256/Elder-Assist-Robotic-Suits-From-the-Re|
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Tasha26 writes “No, not the one which will end up building terminator
robots. [0]BBC’s Click brings news of a Japanese company, [1]Cyberdyne,
which is in the process of building different [2]robotic suits to assist
the elderly in accomplishing simple body tasks such as walking and
lifting. Even though still in R&D, this [3]video (@3m15s) shows a pretty
promising future for the elderly.”

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Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
1. http://www.cyberdyne.jp/English/
2. http://www.cyberdyne.jp/English/robotsuithal/index.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8322790.stm