Now, robots that can help in kitchen work and take care of elderly people

Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Technology experts have created robots that can talk to us and help in the kitchen, like getting things out of the fridge and clean utensils.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology will present two new innovative robots - an interactive robot and a kitchen humanoid robot - at the CeBIT fair in Hanover on March 6, 2012.

At the fair, ARMAR robot that can understand commands and execute them independently will show how it moves between a refrigerator, counter, and dishwasher.

Thanks to cameras and sensors, it orients itself in the room, recognizes objects, and grasps them with the necessary sensitivity.

Additionally, it reacts to gestures and learns by watching a human colleague how to empty a dishwasher or clean the counter. Thus, it adapts naturally to man's environment.

Meanwhile the applications of HoLLiE - the service robot of FZI - are manifold from providing persons, who are in need of care, with food and medicine, joining interactive sports games, offering entertainment, to guiding visitors.

The agile, two-armed service robot can be used flexibly in apartments and links robotics, ambient assisted living, and mobility services at FZI.

At the CeBIT, HoLLiE (House of Living Labs intelligent Escort) will show how it intuitively interacts with people.

Thanks to a modern 3D sensor system, HoLLiE can understand the body movement of its counterpart.

In the scenario presented, HoLLiE asks its counterpart to do some sports together in order to remain in good shape. This function may be of therapeutic value to elderly people or people in need of care, but also serve to entertain everybody regardless of age. (ANI)

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