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Article #136: Toyota Announces Partner Robots

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Jenny McLane Partner Robot" enable its robots to play
An overview of the project to develop musical instruments. Toyota developed
partner robots designed to function as artificial lips that move with the same
personal assistants for humans is being finesse as human lips, which, together
carried out by Toyota for its corporate with robots' hands, enables the robots to
activities based on the spirit of play trumpets like humans do.
"contributing to society through making Toyota came up with the new stabilizing
things and making automobiles." technologies for robots as it has
Toyota is promoting the development of Mobility control technology through the
human-assisting partner robots using the expanded development of the driving
collective experience cultivated by the control technologies for automobiles. A
Toyota Group in automotive development small, lightweight and low-cost high
and production engineering. precision sensors, developed based upon
In response to Japan's rapidly aging automotive sensor technology, is used as
population and dwindling birth rates an attitude sensor that detects a tilt of
Toyota starts to develop robots in a need a robot.
to secure a stable labor force for the Wire-operation system is also being
future in order for its people to be able developed. The actuators as power sources
to enjoy comfortable standards of living. are located on its torso, and wires are
This is also true around the globe as used to move the arms and legs. The
people crave for better, more diversified weight of the arms and legs can be
lifestyles. reduced, adding limberness and speed to
Possessing human characteristics, the motion.
Toyota's partner robots are agile, warm Toyota's announcement of the development
and kind and also intelligent enough to of partner robots is followed by an
skillfully operate a variety of devices exhibition of the results as part of the
in the areas of personal assistance care entertainment lineup for the Toyota Group
for the elderly, manufacturing, and Pavilion at the Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan.
mobility. Toyota plans to continue focusing the
Since each area requires a special set of energy of the Toyota Group to further
skills, Toyota is focusing on the utilize their wealth of technical
development of three different types of experience in automotive development and
partner robots (walking, rolling, and production to expand the usefulness of
mountable), each with its own areas of these robots while broadening their
expertise. functions and areas of application.
Advanced technology used in the "Toyota






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