RIBA: The cute and adorable teddy bear robot nurse

As far as men are concerned, nurses equal to the image of hot women. Thank god, I'm not a man, so I can appreciate RIBA, the cute robot nurse. RIBA is short for Robot for Interactive Body Assistance” and it has been created by researchers at Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) and Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (TRI). Its main purpose is to assist nurses by lifting patients in and out of their beds and wheelchairs and toilets as well. However, you do have to be under the weight of 61 kilos for this 180 kilos robot to be able to lift you. It's a cute device that comes with long, multi-jointed arms embedded with an array of tactile sensors that help it optimize the lifting and carrying of humans and its body is covered in a soft skin molded from an advanced lightweight urethane foam developed by TRI. This makes sure the patients are comfortable. It's really cool that using visual and audio data from its surroundings, RIBA can identify co-workers, determine the position of those nearby, and respond flexibly to changes in the immediate environment.

It can understand spoken commands. It also effortlessly glides around on wheels. RIBA is an upgraded version of RIKEN’s RI-MAN, a robot nurse assistant developed in 2006 that was able to lift dolls weighing 18.5 kilograms. I'm sure this cute and cuddly looking robot will cheer patients in hospitals. Who doesn't want to be carried around by a teddy bear? Until now it was humans carrying teddy bears around.