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TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese companies are preparing for the commercial launch of a "robot suit" that helps aged or physically disabled people walk, get up the stairs or seat themselves to relax without a chair.
Trading house Mitsui and Co. and some 30 other Tokyo firms plan to set up a joint-venture in April or May next year to market the powered suit developed by Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor and engineer at Tsukuba University, officials said Thursday.
"This is neither a robot in machine factories nor a one for amusement like a pet robot. This is a brand-new proposal projecting a future image of relations between people and robots," Sankai said.
"The suit practically supports people's life, focusing on the strong point of robots," Sankai said.
Mein Gott, bin ich der einzige der das als potentielle Quelle für alternde japanische Superschurken sieht?
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Sankai also noted that Japan's greying society was a key consideration behind the development of the suit.
"As the country is heading rapidly towards an ageing society, the demand for such a robotic support system will certainly grow," the professor said.
Wie wird sich eine alte Frau diesen schwer aussehenden Mist auf den Rücken binden, ohne sich dabei die Beine zu brechen?