Boing Boing » telepresence http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 03:45:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Toyota's new robot http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:17:04 +0000 David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/?p=183553 NewImage

This is Toyota's new arm-wresting robot. Apparently, its other application is for "human support" such as assisting disabled people and caring for the elderly in their homes. The robot's body can raise up and down and its tablet head is well-suited for telepresence. Toyota's Human Support Robot (via IEEE Spectrum)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/25/toyotas-new-robot.html/feed 10