WANT A WORKER:TOYOTA WILL PROVIDE ONE
A Worker who doesn’t need food & leave ,just a re-charge
Just wait a few years and one would be able to get rid of manpower crunch to work in ones home or even business establishments such as factories,hospitals,and even all around the town.
No,no,it’s not the indian government’s plan as the good news emanates from Japan where Toyota motor corporation has announced that its humanoid and other advanced robotscan soon be put to practical use soon after 2010 to help people around the globe.
Toyota has unveiled two new robots called the ‘mobility robot’ and the “violin -playing robot”,and Japans biggest car maker plans to step up the research and development(R&D) in the feilds of robotics.
The auto major is not alone in the field as rival Honda Motor Company and others from academia are racing to build smart robots to serve the elderly in the country where 40% of the population is expected to be over 65 by 2055.Toyota will use the next 2-3 years to put the robots to extreme test conditions through trial applications and also looking at the financial vialbility of making the technology commercial.
The company is working hard to advance the robot’s dexterity and flexibility further so as to enable robots to handle delicate nursing and medical care tasks in a hospital and even the household chores.Toyota’s new “mobility robot” is an intelligent wheelchair that can even operate efficiently on uneven ground and obstacles, and can even be remotely controlled to go to a person’s bedside.this wheelchair robot can also follow a person at a measured pace,functioning as a porter,and has wheels that swivel at an angle to keep the seat level when going over bumps or up a hill.
Whereas,the other model known as “Partner Robot” is prgrammed to help people in domestic duties,nursing and medical care,manufacturing,and short-distance personal transport.
