The Wonderful World Of Makebelieve: Walking partner robots

Nowadays with heavy traffic on roads it has become very risky to cross the road everybody seems to be in hurry, no one has time to stop and help an old person standing on other side of road, waiting from a long time to cross it. All this sounds pathetic, many questions arise in our mind. Is our development the cause of suffering of old people? Do we have any solution? The answer is, Yes. Hats off to Nomura Unison Co., Ltd for developing an intelligent robot called, Walking Partner Robot. Walking Partner Robot is essentially a high-tech walker designed to support users as they walk upright, prevents them from falling over. It has various sensors which detect the presence of any obstacle and even monitors the behavior of the user. These robots are easy to operate and can be controlled from a set of handles. he company hopes to make the the robot commercially available soon at a price of less than 500,000 yen (US$4,200) per unit.

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