Twendy-One Nursebot Says Sit Up and Eat Your Jell-O
A hulking Japanese healing machine In the movies, entrusting human life to robot helpers and sophisticated machines inevitable ends in fire, destruction and death. But in reality, the automatons are actually saving lives. We featured six Machines that Heal in our July issue, one of which was Twendy-One, a Japanese robot nurse straight out of the comic books built to assists the elderly. What: A robotic servant that can help the elderly live more-independent lives Where: Tokyo Why: About 85 percent of people over the age of 65 suffer from at least one chronic health condition. Wow: Lightly tapping force and pressure sensors in Twendy-One's chest tells the robot to back off. Twendy-One, the bedside nurse-bot, has soft fingertips nimble enough to delicately grip a drinking straw and arms with the strength to lift an adult out of bed. The...