RIBA robotic bear nurse

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Uploaded by on Aug 29, 2009

http://www.plasticpals.com RIKEN in Japan has developed RIBA to help lift patients.

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  • whats so hard about having a person doing this?

    does Japanese women refute to be touched? that would explain a lot.

  • @boitahaki Try lifting an adult body an average of 40 times a day and then maybe you'll see "what's so hard" about it.

  • Isn't the whole point or robotics to do things without help of humans? From what I'm seeing the human did most of the important things. The bear just picked her up.

  • @emanthedragonchamp Nobody wants robots to fully replace nurses and other care workers. People in hospitals wouldn't like that much. Here, robots are expected to alleviate some of the stresses of the job, that's all.

  • I wouldn't trust this holding a frail 90yr old lady.

  • @rachellemay111 It's been in development for several years and will be thoroughly safety-tested before it is actually used in Japanese hospitals.

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  • The "robotic bear" seemed to need a lot of help from the demonstrator and also it had to bend the patients back to lift her? Cool, but needs more work

  • @niente3 Useless to you maybe, but not to nurses who don't want to break their backs picking up your grandpa

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  • @emanthedragonchamp Baby steps I guess. You build the technology slowly. Of course this product has no significant value as it is. But you have to start from somewhere. You can't reach the moon without learning to fly first.

  • Why do they pretend this works?

  • awwwww. i can't wait for the robotic bear! :D and I'll be needing it by then! XD

  • This is why japanese robotics found no use during the earthquake emergency earlier this year.

  • Awww, come on. It's kinda cute.

  • "Don't confuse me with other bears" 

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