there are many gadgets that help people with disabilities sleep more independent lice, for example, glasses that stuff that will spoken conversations in real time for desk people, or a smart walking stick that detects obstacles with ultrasonic wave, for people with low vision tech for more inclusivity, that's our topic on shift today, the, when you see robots acting as servers and can face their typically replacing human employees. but there's a cafe in japan that does things differently. the robots here enable people with disabilities to take part and work wise, but remotely from their own homes. when customers talk to these little robots, they're not talking to in a i system that's talking to a real person. like for me,

cormier, she controls the robot from home. she's one of about 50 people with physical mental disabilities working as robot or phrases that don't cafe in tokyo, japan. she takes customers oldest through the robots and makes recommendations. the bigger robots themselves, the food and drinks. the idea is to give people who companies the homes due to health reasons, but want to work the opportunity to do so. i go into, you've got, as long as i'm alive. i want to give something back to the community by working. can you go community? thank you buddy. you're moving with this. reach your mind says he talks to his customers about everything from his health to the weather. oh, you put a mandatory for that. i feel happy if i can be a part of society. it was about to go more. he must read. he may robotics are equipped with a camera microphone and speaker allowing customers to talk directly to the operations. hold on me to. okay, so what do you mean?

customers don't really come here to see a reason they wouldn't come in and they come here because to people behind to reconnect the stairs and they will come back to see them again. you who need the cafe is operation by or a level retreat. the tech stalls up to then it's robots like or region made to come about loneliness. the technology helps breakdown barriers for people with disabilities. doing cafe breaks people with and without disabilities together. a 1st step to upgrade your inclusion. assistive technology refers to products, but a people who, for example, can to hear or see or who are missing a body part. the market for this kind of tech is huge because more than the 1000000000 people world wide live with some form of disability. like jessica smith from australia. she was born with our left for arm. the former paralympic swimmer is now a disability awareness advocate and relies on the help of technology. i'm not trying to hide who i am, i'm adding and sort of expanding on who i am as

a person by being able to access technology that's never been available before. her high tech prosthetic link operates using artificial intelligence and can learn 14 different groups. this next clip of jessica smiths grocery shopping, demonstrates just how well this tech works and action. so truly so i have 3 children, 6 year old, a 4 year old and a 2 year old and they all the kids are very excited about it. they think it's amazing that i'm like half human, half or about half human half robots display on it. prosthetic can give us that impression. the device converts electrical impulses from the upper arm, muscles, into finger brooklyn's especial laughter, associates group patterns with certain muscle movements that uses can configure

with themselves at home or low technicians to do it remotely. so we've tried to build and the technology which allows it to connect to the hand anyway, basically in the world on change configuration on the device instantaneously on the fly for the customer. the sensor bracelets is being tested at the university of sydney in australia. it's designed to detect the slightest movements of the attendance which controlled, hence, these type of movements, and then transmitted by a bluetooth to a program. who taught you a copy of the tunnel like that and move your fingers a little bit. you will see tiny vibrations happening in your wrist and this, that's how our party moves so fingers. so all of a sensor actually pick up those vibrations. and we use machine learning any i to make sense of those vibrations to figure out which finger is moving and how much due to a medical condition area and shot has limited mobility. in his left hand,

he's testing the sensor bracelets by playing simple computer games. his movements are interpreted into the game. it's a lot less movement that you need to use it, that i've passed the august. how you can make me a bit more functional with my left hand. like especially for computers perspective like studying and using it all day. there are many projects around the world. it's focused on the sense of touch. at the university of bristo's into u. k, we searchers are working on simulating the different layers of human skin to a robots to have a real human touch. disc come in handy for making future prosthetics. we 3 d. print that similar structure in colorado, all sufficient skin so that it can respond cold tasks in a similar way to fit human skin. but instead of having no effect things, we instead of mounts a camera in sight, the sensor, and we can see the cable coming from here. so that picks up that movement supposed

to feel like that at least such as insides this all spatial scale. so cameras are being used to simulate human touch. what a fascinating approach. cameras are also used as a tool for people who are blind or have low vision. take this scheduled for example . it can be attached to glasses. users can turn in the direction of the given text and either give a voice command or press their finger down to have it read aloud. the i can be trained to recognize certain products and faces to the development of these devices often involve the same technology that's used in other sectors like autonomy was driving the a only technology that's used to keep a ton of mis vehicles on the road is also useful for pedestrians. this 5 has got just helps lines and people with low vision navigate the cities. the cameras imbedded in the device, detect obstacles within a 170 degree angle woman uses with 3 d sounds like kind of. imagine that like this

. if an object is moving towards a user, there's the risk of a collision. bypass warns then with a sound, similar to parking assistant modern cars. if there's an object on your left, you'll hear the obstacle on your left hand side. to sounds indicate where the obstacle is there a different sounds depending on whether it's the call person, opened steps in the way the defendants as the bypass, as a supplement to a walking stick with one big advantage it wounds uses about obstacles that had level to this smoke gadget has similar features, but instead it attaches to a classic walking stick. we walk, uses ultrasonic sensors and vibrates when there are obstacles nearby uses can connect the device to the phone by a bluetooth and then use the touch pad to access google maps and virtual assistant

all while keeping the phone tucked away. a smart walking stick. that's cool. and for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, they're a smart glasses. they neighbor users to read conversations in real time. by converting spoken words into subtitles. diana martin is deaf. she's trying on smart glasses for the 1st time with a friend. jacqueline press from x ray class, can you see anything or what i was hoping to use. cuz this is a new way of being able to communicate and be included in the future. do behind this tech is one that's already well known for movies subtitling . but these augmented reality classes convert spoken words into text and projected instantaneously. this enables spoken conversations to be more inclusive to death. people. as the founder of death kids international steve croup explains. i might

not quite catch everything, but this has given me a real time. now a test which enables me to be informed it may lead to be involved in which need to make decisions because i know what is being said. voice recognition algorithms quickly converts spoken language into readable text. with typing fact audio stream from the microphone on the gloss as we're running it through a piece of transcription software, which users have probably seen before and the ability to type audio insights of captions. well, wait during this, then taking those captions. i'm putting them in say open to the reality if impact is done, the up connect to your connected death. people with sign language interpreters via video, call the interpret spoken language and to sign language and sign language into speech. this helps death. people lead more independence lives. scenarios for the cause are by interview opening an account problem with any account hosted

with us and now use some emergency scenarios where of communication is very important. of course, communication is crucial and creating a society that's more inclusive to people with disabilities. and communication can happen through music to american dance. a robert wexler aims to make music accessible to all people, no matter their physical or mental capabilities. most everyone could dogs and even the slightest movement produced to sound that was the goal american dumpster roman wexler, set for himself in developing the motion composer. it's been a minor with us for, i believe we're all dancers is world musicians. and that's the principle behind the motion composer. think about it, enables us all to experience those instincts on people with all capabilities. mention it all a face type. a ready back in the mid 19 seventies,

robert wexler began experimenting with motion tracking in new york. you were quoted dunces, movements using body centers, and then convert the movement data into sounds that lead the foundation to the motion compose the which create sounds based on people's gestures. to achieve this, a 3 d camera film, the person's movements software then converts to sequences into corresponding sounds. the system detects even the smallest motions. the motion composes used in therapeutic clinics and increased of schools. many are moved by the ability to express themselves artistically through movement in life and regular people are overcome with emotions and joy. so it's not unusual to see people crying or workshops via tears of joy in rounds of workshops, also right? as the dawn. so robert wexler has often stood on the spot in line with the motion

composer. she's created a stage for people who are too often overlooked. i last seen technology act as an aide for people to better express themselves. and if it helps people with disabilities feel more secure, confident, and included in society, we've made a small step of progress. what kind of tools would you want friday? and let us know for the next time, the hello guys. this is the 77 percent. the platform for the issues and share ideas, the, you know, or the side that will be a north of bridge attached, and then it gets top of applicant's population is really fast.

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