EFE Scientists from the Chinese Institute of Technology, Harbin, in northeast country to finalize the details soon to launch a robot designed to market to care for older people living alone, state media reported today china. The robot, which cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yuan (4.000-7.000 dollars) may bring food and medicine, sounding alarms in the event that the house has leaks of water or gas, or send text messages to family and Video friends and even sing songs or play chess.
The apparatus of 1.6 meters in height, could be in stores within two or three years, according to the official stressed Xinhua Li Ruifeng, one of the project. The development of this project was commissioned by the Chinese Government to address the problem of rapid population aging china, one consequence of the one-child policy.
The country has 159 million people over 60 years, 12 percent of the total population and the limited success of nursing homes in the country makes it necessary, as estimated by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, some 10 million social workers and nurses to care for this population.
A robot to take care of the elderly
Students of the University of Chile in the world are preparing for China
The World Cup of Robotic Suzhou, China is a major international challenges
facing the group of students from theRobotics Lab of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics from the University of Chile, led by academic Javier Ruiz del Solar.
Since 2003, teams that Robotic Soccer School have participated without
interruption in the tournament world of discipline, which represent a major
challenge to the undergraduate and graduate students who have been part of the
experience.
Have qualified to participate in the RoboCup world's 24 best teams in their
respective categories. In previous versions, teams of faculty have been among
the places 10th and 16th, but the next goal is to be among the first eight
positions in three categories. In the midst of an office full of folders, files
and books for research, Javier Ruiz del Solar, in an interview with Universia,
explains the scope of the trip, the unlimited contributions that can ensure the
development of a robot that is capable of analyzing their environment take
decisions, last year, among other advances.
"We participated in the
Robocup in 2003 and beyond the event of China's world, we have a research
project in mobile robotics, and the idea of these meetings is to validate the
results obtained, ie competencies that are instrumental used by researchers,
because it is the only way to compare the solutions developed by each team, not
that I am presenting an idea and the vein, rather prove it somehow, "says Ruiz
del Solar.
The professor added that the robotic soccer events are a kind of benchmark
(comparison of performance) with researchers around the world and basically has
been developed as a community and a sharing of information, therefore, during
the competition a conference where participants will set out the ideas. For
example, if a team that plays very well, others are implementing this idea for
the next world, and this makes the level go up every year. "
Having been elected, why the discipline of football, the expert explained that
"taken as a model because this sport is hard, it causes concern, because if the
robots to play golf would be far less popular, but also looked for a job as a
football robotic, which is a team effort, and if we manage to achieve a robot
means you can play football well perceive the environment, controlling your body
with great accuracy, has the ability to locate in an environment not closed,
share information with their 'fellow 'in a timely fashion. Therefore, if a robot
comes to playing football, it means that you can walk, run, jump, climb up and
down stairs. "
When asked how their feedback to those around them, the academic says that "in
general throughout the world called the attention, but I'm not sure I understand
it, believe it is a game which is like a hobby at a gathering of people who are
expert in video games. There are those who think they are remotely controlled,
but the truth is that the robots are autonomous. So far no one has been
indifferent. "
Overall objective to 2050: Beating a team of human
Javier Ruiz del Solar said that at the international level aimed at computers
that are part of the Robocup, which in the long run is that a team of humanoid
is able to defeat a group of humans. An ambitious goal, but not shy at all the
enthusiasm of the academics. "Even if it does not reach that goal, and the
attempt to achieve it, will contribute to unimagined scientific research."
Members and categories
U. Chile RoadRunners Team:
Paul Vallejos (Ph.D. Electrical Eng), Isao Parra (PhD Electrical Engineer),
Javier Testart (M.Sc. Electrical Eng), Ricardo Dodds (the 6th years Electrical
Eng), Rodrigo Asenjo (the 6th years Electrical Engineer), Felipe Larrain ( 4th
year Electrical Eng), Daniel Herrmann (4th year Electrical Eng), Carolina Vélez
(3rd years Electrical Engineer), Pablo Hevia (3rd years Electrical Engineer).
U. Chile HomeBreaker Team:
Mauricio Correa (Ph.D. Electrical Eng), Mauritius Mascaró (4th year Electrical
Engineer), Fernando Bernuy (4th year Electrical Eng), Juan Alejandro Vargas (4th
year Electrical Eng), Cristian Solis (4th year Electrical Engineer) Sebastian
Cubillos (4th year Electrical Eng), Simon Norambuena (4th year Electrical
Engineer), Andres Marinkovic (4th year Electrical Engineer), Javier Galaz (4th
year Electrical Eng).
U. Chile Kiltro Team:
Pablo Guerrero (PhD Electrical Engineer), Rodrigo Palma (Ph.D. Electrical Eng),
Matthew Sands (M.Sc. Electrical Eng), Roman Marchant (4th year Electrical
Engineer), Luis Alberto Herrera (2nd year Plan Common Eng), Daniel Dabed (2nd
year Plan Common Eng), Miguel Romero (4th year Computer Science), Sergio Angulo
(4th year Electrical Eng).
Ready to go on the market a helicopter robot technology china
Shenyang .- Chinese scientists announced they are ready to go on the market
a robotic helicopter that can fly china technology automatically without remote
control. The Shenyang Institute of Automation, under the China Academy of
Sciences, has developed two types of robot for the past four years, according to
an agency china information. The larger model of three meters in length, is about the size of a small car, weighs 120 kilograms and can carry a load of up to 40 kilograms. Also, you can
fly for four hours at a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour. The smallest
model weighs 40 kilograms and can carry a load of up to 15 kg., With a maximum
flight speed of 70 kilometers per hour.
Both robots have installed a camera that can collect aerial imagery and the
search for traces of certain objectives without delay. Researchers at the
Institute indicated that the robot can fly missions and coordinates assigned
based control programs when the gusts of wind blowing a force less than
six-speed (11 kilometers per hour).
"We have no marketing plan designed for the robot. But if there are orders, we
can start production on a small scale, with between 20 and 30," said one of the
project, who said that the Institute has no corporate for a large-scale
production. The development of robots has been funded by the central government and was
described as a key national research project in 2006 by its prospects for use in
information collection and transportation of cargo under difficult conditions
such as earthquakes or leakage of toxic gases . It can also be used to spray
insecticides over large tracts of land.
A flying robot to help China in its Antarctic expedition
A robot that can fly "like a mini-helicopter" and another that can be slipped on the ice to help Chinese scientists during the expedition to the Antarctic to be held in October, reported on Sunday, Xinhua news agency.
l air robot can fly for an hour and reaches speeds from 50 to 100 kilometers per hour and is equipped with a camera and an infrared radiometer for observing sea ice.
The second robot can slip between the cracks of the ice and snow slopes, said information.
"The use of robots can reduce the risk and cost of scientific research," said Qin Weijia, Polar Research Institute of China, according to the agency. "No matter how bad it is time, they can still work with normality. " The expedition of 200 men set seismic stations in Antarctica to measure tremors and tectonic movements on the continent, said the information.
Chinese scientists are developing a robot to take care of the elderly
Chinese scientists from the Institute of Technology Harbin, in north-eastern country, to finalize the details soon to launch a robot on the market designed to care for older people living alone, state media reported today china.
The robot, which cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yuan (4.000-7.000 dollars) may bring food and medicine, sounding alarms in the event that the house has leaks of water or gas, or send text messages to family and Video friends and even sing songs or play chess.
The apparatus of 1.6 meters in height, could be in stores within two or three years, according to the official stressed Xinhua Li Ruifeng, one of the project.
The development of this project was commissioned by the Chinese Government to address the problem of rapid population aging china, one consequence of the one-child policy. The country has 159 million people over 60 years, 12 percent of the total population and the limited success of nursing homes in the country makes it necessary, as estimated by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, some 10 million social workers and nurses to care for this population.
A robot-suit for the elderly and disabled
TOKYO .- A Japanese company introduced a spectacular event in Tokyo, a robot costume, a sort of cyber external skeleton which provides the movements for the elderly and the physically handicapped.
When the user finally packed the invention, known as Hal, his strength is increased significantly so that its creator, Yoshiyuki Sankai, who has a cree in commercial services to the elderly.
The robot, similar to that of many Japanese manga mills themselves, may also be used in rehabilitation programs for persons with physical disabilities, as they do not need much force to move it. Hal is equipped with several sensors that sense the movements of the body, which help users to perform actions that they could not carry out alone.
The robot suit also facilitates movements like getting up from a chair. (Foto: EFE)
The presentation event, held at the Japanese Ministry of Science, was a demonstration of the amazing capabilities of Hal, manufactured by the company Cyberdyne. A political test
Sankai called the secretary general of the National Institute of Science and Technology, Yoshitsugu Harada, to lift his left arm with sacks of rice as I could. Harada said just the second sack, and that each package weighed ten pounds.
Professor Sankai subsequently placed in the three packages of the robot arm, wearing one of his colleagues, who endured the weight of 30 pounds without any effort.
Japan is one of the countries where the population is aging rapidly, it is estimated that the sector of services for the elderly will live a significant flowering. During the prior explanation of his project, Professor Sankai recognized that the anime (Japanese animation) inspired some stage in the development of robot-suit Hal.
The Japanese robot starts without clothes in Fashion Week in Tokyo
Tokyo. (EFE) .- The female robot "HRP-4C" exceptional debut today as a model, but without clothes in the Fashion Week in Tokyo, where he presented to the public collections of young designers. Able to speak, smile, surprised and angry, this humanoid Japanese came to the catwalk to the beat of a music futurist and greeted the audience with a ceremonial bow to the Japanese style.
"Welcome to Project Shinmai (Fresh Rice)," said the robot with reference to the designers as it debuted with its Autumn-Winter collections in this eighth edition of Fashion Week and aiming to launch successfully in the Japanese market the "Prêt a Porter". With a height of 1.58 inches, the average women in Japan, and a weight of 43 kilograms, "HRP-4C" made a brief presentation of the parade and the crowd with a flirtatious wink, but never paraded throughout the entire gateway.
Once finished his short speech, the robot turned round with a soft contoneo and headed towards the back of the stage, leaving the details to appreciate some of the female which has been designed, including the buttocks and chest.
Developed by a scientific team from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan, "HRP-4C" move your body aluminum black and silver thanks to thirty engines, which allow you to move your arms and legs, in addition to walking. The robot has a face of beauty typical of Japanese silicone with eight engines, which allow you to gesticulate and to express different emotions, like anger or surprise.
Gave the baton on to the catwalk models of flesh and blood wearing the latest designs for the coming winter of five young designers, two Japanese and three foreigners, who are trying to put a dent in the fashion market.The parades, which show new ideas nearly 40 brands, will take place in the central district of Roppongi until next Saturday.