youtube.com - 11/4/2009
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Toyota developed this Delivery Robot to fetch items for patients with limited mobility. It could also put garbage into the proper receptacle, return food tr...
ubergizmo.com - 11/5/2009
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ubergizmo.com —
Should the future see Toyota Delivery Robots perform
their tasks admirably, we guess jealous husbands need not...
fear their wives of starting a relationship or tryst with the well muscled delivery guy any more. The Toyota Delivery Robot is a ...
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Toyota Delivery Robot
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Toyota Delivery Robot is one heck of a helper at home
Gizmo Watch —
Toyota has developed a Delivery Robot, especial to aid people with limited mobility, but that doesn’t mean you and I (who can move about freely) cannot avail its benefits. The Delivery Robot is very amicably designed to retrieve items of need and help people with open doors, clearing out trash, making food available etc. for the needy it is a chore done, and for the others like us it is another addition to make lives even lethargic.
The prototype bot manages the chores using laser range finder with which it determines its position and navigates within the confines of the house in real time. Recognizing speech for commands, the ...
Toyota shows off Delivery Robot prototype
DVICE Atom Feed —
Prepping for an entire nation that will soon house possibly the world's largest elderly population, Toyota has unveiled their latest robotic human assist droid called the Delivery Robot. The small robot is a product of Toyota's Partner Robot program, an initiative focused on creating robotic solutions for the disabled.
Using speech recognition, stereo cameras and a laser range finder the Delivery Robot will be used for common tasks like taking out the trash, and opening doors. You can see video highlighting the Delivery Robot's finer points here.
Via Ubergizmo
Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot [Robots]
Gizmodo —
Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. Toyota's delivery bot uses stereoscopic vision and laser rangefinders and speech recognition to find its way through a sea of cubicles. [UberGizmo]
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