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BobbyB 12-01-2008 12:03 PM

Robots that fetch: Device could help disabled at home
 
Robots that fetch: Device could help disabled at home

Story Highlights
Engineers at Georgia Tech are developing a health care robot for home use

The robot can open doors and fetch items such as a bottle of pills or a cell phone

Robots could assist patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease

Such health care robots may be commercially available in less than 10 years

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science...t.health.aide/


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