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July 31, 2015

New robot has one function: picking up things for people

By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer

AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko [enlarge]
Toyota engineer Kouichi Ikeda shows a concept model of its HSR, short for “human support robot.” The revamped model will now go to universities, research facilities and businesses to develop more applications.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Toyota's new robot that glides around like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task: picking things up.


 
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