Fujitsu units develop human-assisting robots

Fujitsu units develop human-assisting robots

TOKYO, Japan - A humanoid robot developed by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Frontech Ltd. pushes a load. Each robot is 1.3 meters tall, weighs 63 kilograms and can move to its destination with the help of eight cameras in its head and a newly developed high-speed three-dimensional image processing system.

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