The Organizing Committee for the 2020 Olympic Games in confirmed that Games winners would receive medals made using recycled electronic waste. And also has revealed the first Tokyo 2020 Robot Project helpers, which will assist spectators in wheelchairs to ensure they have “an experience they are unlikely to forget.” So, robots in 2020 Olympics seem to be doing more of a work than the humans. It sounds interesting.
The Tokyo Olympics’ Organizing Committee has launched a Tokyo 2020 Robot Project that will have automatons providing assistance both to spectators and crews behind the scenes. So Robots lined up to help out spectators at 2020 Olympics.
Robots in 2020 Olympics
Robots from Toyota will help wheelchair-bound guests by guiding them to their seats, delivering food and providing event info. Meanwhile, Panasonic will provide Power Assist Suit exoskeletons to help workers carry food, trash and other heavy cargo with relative ease. Si, it is clear the humans will enjoy the Olympics and robots in 2020 Olympics will take care the rest of things. So, robots will take responsibility from cleaning, to guiding and other works.
The Tokyo 2020 Games are a unique opportunity for us to display Japanese robot technology,” said Tokyo 2020 Robot Project’s Hirohisa Hirukawa.
The Project has revealed that Games fans in wheelchairs can look forward to receiving help and assistance from Toyota’s Human Support Robot and Delivery Support Robot. The bots will carry food and other goods to spectators at the Olympic Stadium, guide people to their seats and act as event information guides.
The Human Support Robot (HSR) was first unveiled in 2012, and has a tablet-like user interface, and an arm/gripper combo for pick and place tasks. The Delivery Support Robot (DSR) will work alongside the HSR, transporting items to a drop off zone where the HSR can grab them and take them to spectators.
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