Posts Tagged ‘Robot’

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has announced that it is testing robotguards in prisons. The one-month trial will be conducted at a prison in thecity of Pohang, located southeast of capital Seoul, starting March 2012. Theproject is expected to cost one billion won (about $ 863,000).The robot guards are designed to patrol prison corridors and monitorconditions inside the cells. If the robots detect signs of sudd...

Japan-based RIKEN has unveiled a new version of its bear-faced RIBA (Robotfor Interactive Body Assistance) healthcare robot, which aims to assistcare-giving personnel in lifting the elderly from their bed to a wheelchair.The robot was developed in response to Japan’s aging population, which isexpected to reach 5.69 million by 2015. The RIBA-II, developed in collaborationwith Tokai Rubber Indu Technology Gadgets â...

Robotic vacuums have become more popular since they can clean floor areas bythemselves without any help. A convenient appliance indeed to have at home fordoing those regular floor cleaning chores. And Samsung has just upped the anteby adding a camera on it on the recently released TangoView Robot VacuumCleaner. The Samsung TangoView VC-RL87W Robot Vacuum Cleaner now features abuilt-in video camera. Not only do…Re...