Robo-Rehab in Osaka clinic
Rehabilitating the robots Osaka clinic catering to humanoid clientele
The Daily Yomiuri (Sep. 21, 2006)
The patients at a clinic in Fukushima Ward, Osaka, suffer a lot of common ailments–problems in their joints and limbs–and simply just don’t move as well as they used to. However, one important difference is that these patients are not humans, but humanoids. What is believed to be the world’s first clinic for humanoids and robots opened in early August in Osaka. It is run by Systec Akazawa, a firm involved in robot development...more…
Hmmmm. Robots need rehab?! This all sounds like Bender the robot on the animation Futurama.
Gee, what’s next? The Robot Church of the Holy Sillion? Wait, wait, I’ve aready reported about this in, “We Are The Robots’ Hell” (MP3 podcast), hee, hee.
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