Indoor Personal Mobility for the Elderly : DigInfo

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Information and Robot Technology Research Initiative, The University of Tokyo
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- http://www.nikkan.co.jp/eve/irex/english/index.html (International Robot Exhibition 2009)

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[WindInAWheatfield]

if it moves according to your centre of gravity, then when if you fell asleep and slumped to one side you'd end up turning circles!

[myshoescramp]

ha ha your just in the bingo room getting a little drowsy, next thing you know you wake up and "huh . . . . Norway!?"

[happinesson]

cool technology but will promote too much independence on robots..Will make people less active..

[MasterMike44]

it looks like a penguin

[Freshman000000]

People tha tare weak enough to need this will either already be fat, or too weak to eat a lot of food, I think.

[iceteaDud]

if you use it so much you will get fat and be to big for the char

[Emkinator]

wait did she say "this prototype is six six six centimeters wide.." at 2:00? It'll take you straight to hell when you're asleep XD

[siciliano29]

THAT is fkn cool!

[TimUK90]

Now that would be a sight, you would just die with laughter.