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Remote-Controlled Robot Could Browse The Stacks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the anonymous-shopping-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Japanese team of researchers has developed a robot that could help browse for books in a library by receiving instructions via the Internet, a team member said Friday. The robot, a wheeled vehicle measuring 50 by 45 centimeters with a digital camera, mechanical hand and arm, follows orders received through the Internet." This reminds me somewhat of Sonoma State University's (quite different) system profiled a few years ago in Wired.

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  1. Why don't you read the article by News+for+nerds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Still in the experimental stage, it was developed as a way to help people who cannot go to a library, said Akihisa Oya, an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba."

  2. Why don't you read the article by News+for+nerds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Still in the experimental stage, it was developed as a way to help people who cannot go to a library, said Akihisa Oya, an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba."