University venture firm demonstrates feeding robot

University venture firm demonstrates feeding robot

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A robot designed to help physically disabled people eat meals is demonstrated on Dec. 17, 2014, at the Institute of Biomedical and Welfare Engineering, a venture business set up in the Faculty of Engineering of Yamaguchi University in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan.

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