Gizmodo
Faced with both a rapidly-aging long-lived population and a declining birth rate, and much more hesitant to open its borders to immigrants like other countries with the same problems, Japan is looking to robotics as a solution to caring for its many elderly citizens.
RI-MAN is a five-foot tall humanoid robot built to carry human beings. It's equipped with sensors to keep track of a body's weight and position, can distinguish between eight different smells and the direction a voice is coming from, as well as track the movement of a face.
Aging Japan builds robot to look after elderly [Yahoo! News]
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ahh the Japanese - adding that element of 'creepy' to your golden years
If I end up having waiting a good 80-some-odd years to have a cute nurse give me a sponge bath and wipe my bum, and I end up getting a goofy frigging robot instead, I'm gonna be PISSED.
What if you're an aging sumo wrestler? You'd need a lot bigger robot than that.
When not being used to carry the disadvantaged, the robot's crown makes for a convenient grapefruit juicer in the cafeteria.
The door on the chest of the robot opens to unleash the tentacles on her. She is then helpless against it, humiliated by it, and left in shame covered in various excresions. Lather, Rinse, Repeat
ROBOTS ARE STEALING OUR WOMEN!! [I knew it would come to this.]
"It's equipped with sensors to keep track of a body's weight and position, can distinguish between eight different smells and the direction a voice is coming from, as well as track the movement of a face." (simulated sniffing noise) "Ms. Kerplotnick. Have you soiled yourself again?"
wait a second...I just re-read that....can ditinguinsh between 8 different smells? What's that all about?
In theatres now...Godzilla vs RI-MAN...
"can distinguish between eight different smells" Which smells exactly? I'm guessing the robot changes your Depends as soon as it detects the scent of poopy.
Robin Williams unavailable for comment...
t-man: no, according to the article, robots are only stealing our 'life-size dolls weighing up to 12kg'... Even the 'planned' development only goes up to 70kg so aging sumo wrestlers will have to find a bigger robot, maybe they can borrow one from Toyota or something.
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