QRIO Experiment
| Researchers found that after spending several weeks with QRIO the robot, toddlers treated him more like each other than a simple toy. |
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| Researchers found that after spending several weeks with QRIO the robot, toddlers treated him more like each other than a simple toy. |
Honda’s humanoid robots named Asimo work together to serve coffee during a demonstration at Honda’s laboratories in Tokyo Tuesday Dec. 11, 2007. As if the idea of having one robot to serve a person wasn’t unusual enough, Honda says its robots are now ready to work in pairs – and they can even serve drinks.
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Toyota envisages its “Partner Robot” initiative helping people in four fields — domestic duties, nursing and medical care, manufacturing, and short-distance personal transport. read more
