USATODAY.com - Ballbot could one day help care for elderly, disabled: "Ballbot could one day help care for elderly, disabled
Robotics Project Research Professor Ralph Hollis, left, and Robotics Project Scientist George Kantor are shown with Ballbot, an agile five-foot robot balanced delicately on what resembles a bowling ball, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Hollis is modest about his invention, but some experts say robots like Ballbot could one day help provide care and companionship to the nation's rapidly aging population.
PITTSBURGH — Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment."
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