Panasonic’s robotic-bed-cum-wheelchair helps maintain independent lifestyle

Panasonic has developed a robotic bed which easily transforms to a wheelchair – and back again – without the user needing to move. The Robotic Bed eliminates the need for those with limited mobility to transfer between bed and wheelchair, reducing the need for assistance and helping them retain their independence and mobility.

The Robotic Bed features a number of intuitive human-robot interface technologies, the result of Panasonic’s research and development in the area of welfare robots.

No training is needed to use the Robotic Bed, and it is easily transformed from bed to wheelchair, or vice versa, via an interactive interface.

The wheelchair’s controller allows the user to easily drive it and, when ready, give it a command to convert into the bed. While in wheelchair mode the robot is able to detect people and obstacles in its way to safely guide the user to avoid collisions.

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