robot 機器人

uBOT-5是一款家用救生機器人，如果有人跌倒失去知覺，他能立即上前檢測其生命體徵，上方的視訊與顯示螢幕是用來與傷者對話確定傷情的，如果情 況危急還能自主撥打911報警。 uBOT-5 isn't just relegated to help the elderly - it can also perform virtual meet-ups with its LCD screen, Web cam and an Internet connection. Credit: University of Massachusetts. The U.S. medical system faces an imminent crisis as baby boomers age into retirement, but an army of little helper robots might soften the blow. Researchers designed a two-wheeled robot, known as uBOT-5, with two arms capable of picking up small objects, using a stethoscope and even dialing 9-1-1. Sensors near its video-screen head can also figure out if someone has fallen. “For the first time, robots are safe enough and inexpensive enough to do meaningful work in a residential environment,” said Rod Grupen, a computer scientist at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Grupen helped develop uBOT-5 in response to the growing crisis faced by the U.S. medical system as almost 78 million baby boomers begin joining the 65-and-older crowd during the next three decades. He noted that it costs about $65,000 to build a single robot in the lab, but told LiveScience that manufacturers have said it might cost only a "couple of thousand" to mass-produce the automatons. A part-time, human in-home caregiver can cost more than $1,500 per week. Aside from its life-saving abilities, uBOT-5 can also remind people to take their medication, pick up packages and do some cleaning and shopping. It can even administer virtual house calls from doctors using a Web cam, microphone, touch-sensitive LCD screen and Internet connection — tools that Grupen said clients should find other uses for. “Grandma can take the robot’s hand, lead it out into the garden and have a virtual visit with a grandchild who is living on the opposite coast,” Grupen said. UMass computer scientists Allen Hanson and Edward Riseman helped Grupen design and build uBOT-5, along with graduate students Patrick Deegan, Emily Horrell, Shichao Ou, Sharaj Sen, Brian Thibodeau, Adam Williams and Dan Xie. [經由 Digg] [撰文：icebin]癮科技 以下版主發發牢騷: 構思來講都不錯.想想原來大家想到可以做的保全機器人的想法幾乎都差不多。 建議機動科技可以先搞來看看。 但我想造價基本上都是不斐滴~ 期許極趣科技可以將他降到戶戶都可以買的起! 番外篇:想買極趣科技的全球最小精密人型機器人的朋友要快了.聽說台灣即將上市.重點:好像聽說要漲價了~