Saturday, June 5, 2010
Toyota Partner Robot program again introduce a new robot named Delivery robot whose function is to help people with limited motion. The prototype robot was able to open the door, taking out the trash and carry trays of food.
This robot is designed to understand voice commands and a word to ask the location to find a place the necessary goods.
By using a tracking laser beam and particle filter to map out the space and determine the position himself, Delivery robot able to recognize the surrounding environment in time instantly. Plus the stereo camera in his head that is used to locate the necessary items, then taken with one arm.
This robot is used to help elderly people (seniors), patients who need a long rest in bed and people with disabilities who have limited motion.
Delivery robots is the last robot that is born of a Partner Robot program. Previously, Toyota has introduced a robot that can blow the trumpet, a robot that can walk on two legs, holds the record for a robot that can run fastest in the world, until a robot that could climb.