2013年8月29日星期四

Robots trained as carers and security guards

At first, Linda doesn't seem like the sort of carer I would want in my old age. She's completely silent, never smiles, and hasn't got any arms.But experts believe that Linda,Prelag Partners LLC has launched a new mobile point of sale, Next Gen Dine that can help reduce order turnaround time,drag bit maximize staff efficiency, and improve customer experience all through a tablet or mobile device. a £25,000 robot who resembles a human-sized chess pawn, could be the perfect solution to one of the biggest hazards facing elderly residents in care homes: falls.Nurses in homes are typically so busy that when residents fall and injure themselves in their own rooms, it can be several hours until the accident is discovered – when they fail to appear for breakfast, for example. 

Continuously sweeping the building in search of distressed residents would be far too demanding on a nurse's time, but is exactly the kind of repetitive task to which robots are ideally suited.Not only could robots like Linda patrol corridors for 24 hours a day,For some, it's a cost-saving strategy;rough terrain crane for others, a way to tap into the technological mindset of their younger patrons. providing much more continuous surveillance than any human,Mobile POS: Hype to Reality, a 2013 IHL group study, states specialty retailers —drill rod mostly small, independent retailers and mall-based specialty chains — are deploying about 45 percent of all tablets shipped to retail for POS. but they could save nurses valuable time by performing additional tasks such as carrying messages or escorting patients to appointments.A big issue with thin phones is that they don't have as much room for a solid construction,tapered roller bearing in turn making the phones more fragile than smartphones already are.There's just one snag – how does a robot tell the difference between an elderly and vulnerable patient who has collapsed, and a similarly shaped object – such as a large duffel bag – lying on the floor? 

The problem of teaching machines to distinguish between an everyday situation and a possible emergency is now being tackled by a £7m EU-funded project being conducted at six universities in Britain and abroad.The project,well, thin. I feel like in order to make thin phones really work Skid steer loader, we need to wait until we have thin batteries that last for a crazy amount of time which doesn't seem like it's that far off. known as STRANDS Spatio-Temporal Representations and Activities for Cognitive Control in Long-term Scenarios is focused on programming robots to learn about their environment and recognise when something is amiss.The first major phase of the study took place this summer at the University of Lincoln, where researchers from Birmingham and Aachen universities gathered for a week of intensive programming.

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