Comments on: Toyota's new robot http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jenz Seeger http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1542079 Jenz Seeger Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1542079 "Carrying immobile elderly people..."Right, many caregivers ruin their backs lifting people. But this wittle robot is weights "only" one 32kg. To lift people you have to be a bit bigger... :-( “Carrying immobile elderly people…”Right, many caregivers ruin their backs lifting people.

But this wittle robot is weights ”only” one 32kg. To lift people you have to be a bit bigger…
:-(

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541723 pjcamp Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541723 Arm rasslin the old folks -- now that's a robot! Oh. Never mind. Arm rasslin the old folks — now that’s a robot!

Oh. Never mind.

]]> By: MicroSourcing http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541675 MicroSourcing Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541675 It would be great if Toyota can develop this robot further so that it can be used in homes for the aged and for the disabled. Carrying immobile elderly people, for instance, is a tedious task for a lot of caregivers and Toyota's robot can help in that area. It would be great if Toyota can develop this robot further so that it can be used in homes for the aged and for the disabled. Carrying immobile elderly people, for instance, is a tedious task for a lot of caregivers and Toyota’s robot can help in that area.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541631 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541631 Put it up against Denis Cyplenkov and see whose arm gets broken. Put it up against Denis Cyplenkov and see whose arm gets broken.

]]> By: jackrabbitslim http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541554 jackrabbitslim Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541554 This thing looks uncannily like at least one of the robots in WALL-E. Parallel evolution? Platonic forms? Maybe there are only so many ways to build a garbage can with an arm and a face on top. This thing looks uncannily like at least one of the robots in WALL-E. Parallel evolution? Platonic forms? Maybe there are only so many ways to build a garbage can with an arm and a face on top.

]]> By: Frank Xavior http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541500 Frank Xavior Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541500 Misread as 'Arm Wrestling' robot. disappointed. Misread as ‘Arm Wrestling’ robot.
disappointed.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541415 SedanChair Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541415 <blockquote>Apparently, its other application is for "human support" such as assisting disabled people and caring for the elderly in their homes.</blockquote>Translation: this robot is for wiping butts

Apparently, its other application is for “human support” such as assisting disabled people and caring for the elderly in their homes.

Translation: this robot is for wiping butts

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541411 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541411 Perhaps Toyota should consider a variant model with taser and pepper spray modules for the burgeoning old-people-in-american-prison market... Perhaps Toyota should consider a variant model with taser and pepper spray modules for the burgeoning old-people-in-american-prison market…

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541404 Chuck Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541404 Ah -- so it can break your arm and assist you afterward?  (Sounds like how some people operate.) Ah — so it can break your arm and assist you afterward?  (Sounds like how some people operate.)

]]> By: bfarn http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comment-1541386 bfarn Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=183553#comment-1541386 He looks like he's waiting for his momma robot to come and drop batteries in his mouth! He looks like he’s waiting for his momma robot to come and drop batteries in his mouth!

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