NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled its answer to the projected shortage in human nurses -- health care robots -- which it plans to put on the market within two years.
Toyota's new line of health care robots - including devices to assist in walking
- could hit the market in 2013
- could hit the market in 2013
The Japanese automaker exhibited its new line of robot nurses Tuesday to provide services to provide humans with health care services.
Toyota (TM) said it developed the robots
through its connections with Toyota Memorial Hospital and Fujita Health
University in Japan "to support independent living for people
incapacitated through sickness or injury, while also assisting in their
return to health and reducing the physical burden on caregivers."
The
automaker has also designed manufacturing robots "that assist in the
loading and moving of heavy components in factories, in addition to
automated technology that enables autonomous tool operation."
Toyota has also designed robots to assist with short-range personal transport and domestic chores.
The
company said that all the new robots incorporate "high-speed,
high-precision motor control technology, highly stable walking-control
technology advanced through development of two-legged robots, and sensor
technology that detects the user's posture as well as their grasping
and holding strength."
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