Toyota Unveils Healthcare Robots
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized metallic brace onto his right leg, Eiichi Saito, a professor in rehabilitation medicine, demonstrates the "walk assist" device he has co-developed with Toyota at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, as the auto maker unveiled experimental robots aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media. Prof. Saito, whose right leg was paralyzed by polio, walked up and down a flight of stairs and showed how the brace could bend at knee as needed, allowing him to walk more naturally. Toyota also demonstrated an intelligent machine with padded arms that can help health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds and then carry them around. Another mobility aid worked like a skateboard to help people relearn balance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006kHiB3fDmTg/t/124/I00006kHiB3fDmTg.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized metallic brace onto his right leg, Eiichi Saito, a professor in rehabilitation medicine, demonstrates the "walk assist" device he has co-developed with Toyota at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, as the auto maker unveiled experimental robots aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media. Prof. Saito, whose right leg was paralyzed by polio, walked up and down a flight of stairs and showed how the brace could bend at knee as needed, allowing him to walk more naturally. Toyota also demonstrated an intelligent machine with padded arms that can help health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds and then carry them around. Another mobility aid worked like a skateboard to help people relearn balance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000IpFgNG1KqY0/t/124/I0000IpFgNG1KqY0.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized metallic brace onto his right leg, Eiichi Saito, a professor in rehabilitation medicine, demonstrates the "walk assist" device he has co-developed with Toyota at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, as the auto maker unveiled experimental robots aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media. Prof. Saito, whose right leg was paralyzed by polio, walked up and down a flight of stairs and showed how the brace could bend at knee as needed, allowing him to walk more naturally. Toyota also demonstrated an intelligent machine with padded arms that can help health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds and then carry them around. Another mobility aid worked like a skateboard to help people relearn balance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xdqj_T1Xjhc/t/124/I0000xdqj_T1Xjhc.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Strapping the computerized...
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![Eiichi Saito, left, a professor in rehabilitation medicine, with the computerized metallic brace strapped onto his left, poses with Toyota executive Yoichi Inoue at a Toyota facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, as the auto maker unveiled experimental robots aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media. Prof. Saito, whose right leg was paralyzed by polio, walked up and down a flight of stairs and showed how the brace could bend at knee as needed, allowing him to walk more naturally. Toyota also demonstrated an intelligent machine with padded arms that can help health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds and then carry them around. Another mobility aid worked like a skateboard to help people relearn balance. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gzS1RJBl1XA/t/124/I0000gzS1RJBl1XA.jpg)
Eiichi Saito, left, a professor in rehabilitation medicine,...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a mobility aid which works like a skateboard to help people relearn balance as the automaker unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fM1s8SJPOrQ/t/124/I0000fM1s8SJPOrQ.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a mobility aid which works like a skateboard to help people relearn balance as the automaker unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OdZ21tpQMXQ/t/124/I0000OdZ21tpQMXQ.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a mobility aid which works like a skateboard to help people relearn balance as the automaker unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000.amCXMWX2fE/t/124/I0000.amCXMWX2fE.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A model demonstrates a...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with padded arms capable of helping health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds as Toyota unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005NvmSxZqBoQ/t/124/I00005NvmSxZqBoQ.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with padded arms capable of helping health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds as Toyota unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CgpqDpqrwPg/t/124/I0000CgpqDpqrwPg.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with...
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![November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with padded arms capable of helping health care workers lift disabled patients from their beds is demonstrated for the media as Toyota unveiled experimental robots for nursing and healthcare aimed for commercialization from 2013 to the media at its facility in Tokyo on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000zMOmzEVOdYc/t/124/I0000zMOmzEVOdYc.jpg)
November 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - An intelligent machine with...