Toyota Announces Overview of “Toyota Partner Robot”
Toyota wants its partner robots to have human characteristics, such as being agile, warm and kind and also intelligent enough to skillfully operate a variety of devices in the areas of personal assistance, care for the elderly, manufacturing, and mobility. Furthermore, since each area requires a special set of skills, Toyota is promoting the development of three different types of partner robots (walking, rolling, and mountable), each with its own areas of expertise.
Read posts about the Toyota Productions System (TPS) on the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog.
Others are making progress on human like robots including Sony and Honda. See Sony QRIO Robots in action in this flash video below:
And read more about Honda Robots: ASIMO and P3.
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Looks like they’re having trouble getting them to walk without really compensating on bending the legs. The arm movements are amazing though!
Hello,
We are brownsugar productions inc., an audio-video production house in the Philippines. We are currently looking for stock footage of robots that can play music, to be featured in an educational science exhibit at a shopping mall here in Manila. The robots that have captured our interest so far are the guitar-playing Mechabonham and the Toyota robot trumpeteer. Would you have any information on how we can acquire video footage of these robots in action? We would would greatly appreciate any help you can give us.
Sincerely,
Martin Rey Aviles
Brownsugar Productions, Inc.
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Looks like they’re having trouble getting them to walk without really compensating on bending the legs. The arm movements are amazing though!
Holy Moly those are some cool robots! I think its really cool that Toyota is making partner bots for the disabled. This is huge! Whats next in the techno realm?
Even though QRIOs are no longer under production by Sony, at least Toyota Robots still make their advance in technology. They are smart robots. I’m sure they’ll be of great help in the very near future.
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