The Real Wall-E

Will robots of the future serve as means of actively helping humans? This ScienCentral News video reports on a real robot that could help us take care of elderly relatives, for example, from miles away. The uBot-5 is a small and lightweight research platform for mobile manipulation. It was designed to be an economical robot that is highly capable, durable, and safe to operate. When equipped with a LCD touchscreen monitor and a webcam, the uBot-5 can be used for social telepresence applications. Additionally the teleoperator can use the uBot-5's manipulation capabilities to perform useful work.