RIBA the robot nurse can lift and carry patients up to 61kg/134lbs. View 11 Images 1 / 11. First generation RI-MAN nursing robot. RIBA has improved on this model. 2 / 11.

The RIBA II robot is equipped with advanced features that make it a valuable asset in nursing care. One of the standout features is its high-precision tactile sensors.

RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance), also known as “Robear,” can help patients into and out of wheelchairs and beds with its strong, actuated arms and tactile sensors.

New joints in the robot's base and lower back enable RIBA-II to crouch down and lift a patient off a futon at floor level, the most physically strenuous task for care-givers and one that RIBA was ...

A robotic nurse/teddy-bear called the Riba II can transfer patients from a bed to a wheelchair and back. Written by Denise Amrich, Contributor Aug. 2, 2011 at 8:05 p.m. PT.

Japanese researchers have created a robot nurse that can lift elderly patients from wheelchairs and beds. Naturally, it looks like a giant teddy bear. Riba, short for Robot for Interactive Body ...

RIKEN's original RIBA healthcare robot was already fairly adept at lifting patients while not completely terrifying them but, as is the case with such things, it's now been succeeded by a new and ...

RIBA isn’t the first elder-care robot to come out of Japan. In the past few years, we’ve seen a Hybrid Assisted Limb that can boost the wearer’s strength by a factor of 10, a robotic bed ...

RIBA (Robot for Interactive Body Assistance) ... In the future, robotic nursing assistants such as Terapio and RIBA will play a larger role in the country’s disaster recovery plans.

RIBA-II didn’t make it to Vancouver for the annual conference of the world’s biggest science organization. But the robot’s public relations handlers managed to pique our curiosity anyway ...

The robot also has six-axis torque sensors, cameras, a microphone and 27 degrees of freedom, or axes of motion. At 140 kilograms, the 1.5-meter-tall Robear is 90kg lighter than Riba II, unveiled ...

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