🔬 Government#31 Wako, Japan· Est. 1917
RIKEN — Institute for Physical and Chemical Research (Robotics)
Japan's largest comprehensive research institution. RIKEN developed ROBEAR — the bear-shaped nursing robot that can lift patients from bed — and leads in soft robotics and neural interfaces.
soft roboticsbio-inspiredbrain-machine interfaceeldercareROBEAR
Notable achievements
ROBEAR nursing robot, soft robotics research, brain-machine interfaces for robot control, bio-inspired locomotion.
Notable work
ROBEARSoft roboticsBMI research