May 2023
Dr Naonori Kodate, Prof. Sebastien Lechevalier (EHESS, Paris) and Prof. Mayuko Tsujimura (Shiga University of Medical Science) joined forces and launched a new research project “Establishing Toyota-style Person-centered, Robotics-aided Care System (TP-RoC-S)” in collaboration with engineers at Toyota Frontier Research Center and Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. and care professionals at Toyota Memorial Hospital.
The project examines the impact of a brand new transfer robot (POTARO) on the way multidisciplinary care professionals work in a brand new hospital, which was just opened in May 2023.
