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November 09, 2011

[IREX 2011] Yaskawa's new service robot SmartPal 7 plus Kinect

 Industrial robot giant Yaskawa Electric also announced its new version of the service robot SmartPal. Can't find the press release of the new robot as of now, but it's slimmer and smarter than SmartPal 5. (SmartPal 6 never made its debut in public since it was strictly for research.)

 At IREX 2011, it was being controlled using Kinect. The scenario is to place the robot hundreds of kilometers away at your elderly mother's house and you can help her remotely via the robot.

 Photo below is SmartPal 7 being controlled remotely and picking up a toy from the floor.

  SmartPal 1

 Here's what it looks like on the controller side.

SmartPal 2

SmartPal 3

Posted by Norri Kageki at 03:05:19 PM in Assistive, IREX, Service

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Comments

Kinect actually does something useful now! How cool. Now all we need is that robot. How much is it again?

Posted by: Erich | November 11, 2011 at 10:56 AM

Oh, I was looking forward to seeing this new version! I like it better than the last one.

Posted by: Robotbling | November 09, 2011 at 05:02 PM

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