Thailand unveils elder-friendly mini robot
By English News

BANGKOK, Aug 16 - Thailand's Department of Industrial Promotion has unveiled its latest mini robot designed to help take care of the elderly and patients.

The second Dinsor robot, literally translated as Pencil No 2, was carefully designed and built to assist the elderly and patients, with its special function to track motions, including the ability to model human muscles and joints. With an ability to move at ease, its arm function allows seven types of movements per arm, enabling this robot to successfully serve food, pick up objects, wave, greet, hold the telephone, as well alert the patients' guardians for emergencies.

Smaller than its previous counterpart, Dinsor Two mimics a male character, and is extremely portable. At SITEX Expo 2013, an annual exposition for industrial and technological promotions, the Robot Academy was also launched.

Panuwat Triyangkulsri, director of Supporting Industries Development Bureau, asserted that the Robot Academy focuses on the research and development of industrial robots, with particular emphasis on designing and building robots for domestic-use inside factories.

The Thai-German Institute, as well as both private and public sectors from Japan and Thailand, want to promote the course as technical know-how can shorten production time, increase efficiency of industrial production, as well as to cope with labour shortage.

At present, four major courses are open for those interested. Upon completion of the course, a certificate of completion will be presented. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2013-08-16

The Robot Academy ? Is this a new name for institutes of so called higher learning or just the government ?

does it tell jokes? i want one

Arm movements would be a good thing.....Perhaps a wig and a skirt...

The parliment is full of these.

It's been a great day's reading on TVF. This tops it off nicely.

Thailand... the new HUB for robot building.

What can it actually do?

Sounds like all the students in Thailand - automatons

Students, not Thailand unveiled something......

Don't mock. It could be the next PM.

Those hands don't look beer can friendly

Does it really need eyebrows?

If it can deliver beer, screech like a bar girl and play techno beat at 200 decibels, it's got a future in Walking Street.

till it falls over and says "made in China" and "300 baht" on the back... I wonder if this uses the same technology as the "bomb sniffer" used by Thai police?

Thought at first it was a robot to talk to Mormon Elders.

Ummmm. Is this a breakthrough?

Do they also have an elder-hating version on offer? In any case, if this thingy is as annoying as those stupid Furbys, caretakers and nurses in homes for the elderly should braise for the soon to come riots...

I wonder if this uses the same technology as the "bomb sniffer" used by Thai police?

Yupp! It sniffs for traces of urine, vomit, and Nutella

Edited August 16, 201312 yr by catweazle

i wonder where they get the components from. ever tried to but anything more technical than a lollipop stick in thailand?

Edited August 16, 201312 yr by sumfool

Does it come in RED and can you pick up SKYPE ..... is it allowed to vote?

Students, not Thailand unveiled something......

If it's Thai students I'm even more impressed.

Are the blueprints pirated and assembly performed by workers from Myanmar?

Does it come in RED and can you pick up SKYPE ..... is it allowed to vote?

Oo, you naughty boy. Nope, I won't bite at the mo. Lol

Happy Ending model not yet endorsed by Police Chief ...

I must have my elder friendly robot next time those nice young men with bicycles come round. They can talk to each other quite sensibly.