robotics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A group of academic researchers, led by cognitive and computer scientists from Brown University, is teaming up with a cross-functional team from global play and entertainment leader Hasbro to design a smart robotic companion capable of assisting older people with simple but sometimes challenging tasks of everyday living.

Ramat Gan, Israel, July 11, 2017-- Intuition Robotics, developer of social companion technologies for positive social impact, announced a $14M A-round investment today led by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). TRI joins early A-round investors OurCrowd and iRobot as well as existing seed investors Maniv Mobility, Terra Venture Partners, Bloomberg Beta, and additional private investors who participated in the round.

The Yomiuri Shimbun Interacting with communication robots helps elderly people be more independent in their everyday lives, with a recent large-scale trial demonstrating a 34 percent increase in the degree of independent living after such interactions, according to a national research and development agency.