
Robots are honored in Japan
Yahoo! News via AP, 2006/Dec/21, TOKYO ---A feeding machine and a furry, therapeutic seal -- both designed to make life easier for older people--were among robots honored at a government-sponsored robotics award ceremony in Japan on Thursday.
The "My Spoon" feeding robot, which won a prize in the "service robots" category of the Robot Award 2006, helps older or disabled people eat with a joystick-controlled swiveling arm that shovels morsels from a plate to the person's mouth....more...