Japanese have always impressed us with their repertoire of robots. They have been much ahead as compared to rest of the world in terms of robotic technology. We have seen a lot of robotic wheel chairs which navigate autonomously. But the researchers from Saitama University’s Human-Robot Interaction Center are now taking a bit approach to the robotic technology now. They have come up with a wheel chair which come with a laser sensor and camera and automatically follows a human that it is assigned too. What’s more intriguing is the fact that this wheel chair can also predict in which way the human is going to move from the shoulder movement.

This wheelchair is developed by the researchers but we don’t know if it is going to come in the commercial market or not. If they are available, this wheelchair could be useful in hospitals. The wheelchair carrying a patient can automatically follow the doctor and hence the doctor will have his hands free. The sensor behind the wheel chair is really efficient and it is very accurate in following the person sitting on the chair. The wheel chair automatically adjusts its position according to the person it is following thus making sure it doesn’t come in the way. The wheel chair’s sensors are aligned is such a way that it will be always positioned to the left of the person. We are eagerly awating the arrival of the wheel chair in the commercial market but we are also skeptical of the cost. This technology has been unheard of till now and hence the makers might put a big price tag on it in order to take advantage of the monopoly. The makers say that they have tested the chair in medical facilities and they work just fine.

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