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Toyota's new robot that glides around like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task: picking things up.


HSR Joel Edmundson Blues Jersey , short for "human support robot," comes with a single mechanical arm that can grasp objects of various shapes and sizes and also pick up smaller items with a tiny suction cup.


It doesn't have other tricks in its repertoire, except for a computer panel on its head for surfing the Internet. A person can also access the robot from another computer and use it like a camera-phone.


Kouichi Ikeda, its engineer, is serious about using it to help around regular homes. First people with disabilities Carl Gunnarsson Blues Jersey , and then for the elderly in general. Picking up is especially challenging for people with spinal disorders and other ailments that hamper the ability to stoop down and grab, he said.


"Although it can only do one simple task of picking up, it's already making disabled people quite happy. We're just getting stated, but eventually we want it to enter people's homes," Ikeda said at an exhibition of health care technology in Yokohama Vladimir Tarasenko Blues Jersey , southwest of Tokyo.


Nearly 40 percent of Japan's population will be 65 or older by 2060, and with the rest of the developed world and some developing nations following that track, Toyota is banking on the demand for robot helpers to grow.


"People feel more comfortable asking a robot to pick up after them than asking a human helper," said Tadashi Hatakenaka, manager and engineer at the Yokohama Rehabilitation Center.


A robot like HSR is also ideal to replace service dogs Jaden Schwartz Blues Jersey , which go through special training to help people with various disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, have balance issues or may be prone to seizures, he said.


Toyota came up with the basic concept model for HSR in 2012.


The revamped model, announced this month Ryan O'Reilly Youth Jersey , is ready to enter universities, research facilities and businesses from next year, in partnerships to develop more applications, so the robot can enter homes as quickly as possible.


One drawback is cost. Mass production is needed for the price to come down. Toyota declined to give the current price.


Ikeda showed how HSR can be controlled relatively easily by tapping on a tablet device, to fetch a TV remote-controller.


The 135 centimeter (four-foot-four) tall robot has several cameras David Perron Youth Jersey , including two on its head that look like its eyes, and sensors on its body. It scoots quietly around in all directions.


Unlike the robotic arms at auto-assembly plants, HSR's grip and bumps are designed to be soft so they can't hurt anyone. But it can pick up items weigh up to 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds).


There was no attempt to make its design cute, like the Pepper childlike robot that recently went on sale in Japan from Japanese Internet company Softbank Corp.


Toyota has long been working on robots, including a human-shaped one with fingers dexterous enough to play the trumpet. Another plays the violin.




BEIJING， Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China aims to increase domestic crude oil output to 200 million tonnes by 2020， while supply capacity for natural gas should exceed 360 billion cubic meters， according to plans published Thursday.


China will add 1 billion tonnes of proven oil reserves annually from 2016 to 2020， according to the five-year plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration.


Major tasks for the oil industry include accelerating exploration to ensure domestic oil supply， speeding up construction of pipeline networks and developing clean alternatives.


In a separate five-year plan for natural gas supply， authorities said the country's proven reserves of natural gas will reach 16 trillion cubic meters by 2020.


Proved reserves of shale gas will surpass 1.5 trillion cubic meters， the plan said.


Official data showed China's crude oil output totaled 181.21 million tonnes in the first 11 months of 2016， a year-on-year drop of 7.2 percent， while natural gas output came in at 121.1 billion cubic meters. Imports of natural gas saw an increase of 16.5 percent to 63.4 billion cubic meters during the period.


China is a major importer of crude oil. A recent report by CNPC Economics and Technology Research Institute estimates China's reliance on oil imports exceeded 65 percent in 2016.

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