New dressing robot can ‘mimic’ the actions of care workers

Photo caption: A demonstration of the dressing robot in the laboratory. Photo credit: University of York. Article by University of York. Tech Xplore – March 4, 2024. Research study: IEEE Xplore.

Scientists have developed a new robot that can ‘mimic’ the two-handed movements of care workers as they dress an individual. Until now, assistive dressing robots, designed to help an elderly person or a person with a disability get dressed, have been created in the laboratory as a one-armed machine, but research has shown […]

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