视频内容:日本机器人护士Robear

大白,英文名Baymax,迪士尼电影《超能陆战队》中主角哥哥发明的的私人机器人护士,以其治愈系的外表与性格获得大家的喜爱。平时放在一个红色压缩包中,当有人类发出嗷的声音时,它就会启动充气成为一个智能机器人,自动扫描你的身体并给予照顾,直到人类说出我很满意你的照顾,它才会结束工作。看看视频中这个萌萌哒的日本白色机器人护士(Robear),在病房中把病人从床上抱起来,是不是觉得机器人大白离我们并不遥远了。

Robear helping a patient Robear nursing care robot, Japan - 02 Mar 2015 FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/q1vj Scientists from RIKEN and Sumitomo Riko Company Limited have developed a new experimental nursing care robot, ROBEAR, which is capable of performing tasks such as lifting a patient from a bed into a wheelchair or providing assistance to a patient who is able to stand up but requires help to do so. ROBEAR will provide impetus for research on the creation of robots that can supplement Japan?s need for new approaches to care-giving. The new robot developed by the RIKEN-SRK Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research in Nagoya is a successor to RIBA, which was announced in 2009, and RIBA-II, which was developed in 2011. The new ROBEAR robot is lighter than its predecessors, weighing just 140 kilograms compared to RIBA-II?s 230 kilograms, and it incorporates a number of features that enable it to exert force in a gentle way. (Rex Features via AP Images)

继日本大力研发机器人护士之后,美国也开始重金投入研发机器人护士。

美国国家科学基金会(NSF)投入$999946美元,(好奇葩的金额…)来研发机器人护士,用于协助搬运病人和运送药品,希望借此提高机器人的“社会接受度”。(To increase the ‘social acceptance’ of robots)

承接该项目的德克萨斯大学( University of Texas)研究人员将制造两款不同的机器人,并承诺这些机器人行动的控制权在真人护士手里。该校电气工程副教授Dan Popa是机器人护士研发项目的带头人,此前他已经从NSF获得130万美元,用于研发像真人一样敏感的机器人皮肤。

报道称,一份该项目的授权书写道:“目前美国有近300万在册护士,这些人是提供医疗保健服务的最大力量。”

据悉,这个项目将制造“适应各种环境的医护机器人助理”,协助医院护士工作。这些机器人可以“协助抬起病人,运送日常较轻的东西(药品、医用穿戴设备),协助移动较重的目标,如设备、推送病人用的轮床和病人本身”。机器人护士项目的研发预计要进行到2018年7月。