are gearing up in the green room on to you. this is putting the finishing touches on her cost you. but her mission here is only just beginning 0 with destiny, but i want to break barriers and show that whether or not you have a disability, you can flourish and enjoy death, love at ease. oh nose. i see these folks by taking center stage to help others spread to their re that's all from awesome dw spectral shift to south. next i'm number such as well for me in the entirety you'll see present in the scenes. thank you for watching the one small step for a robot vacuum. one giant leap for exploiting the ocean floor.

cutting edge technology is unlocking the potential of deep sea mining. but this time, a research team will study the possible risk 1st. in order to minimize them. we have an opportunity to, to get it right before using stuff, environmental activists or skeptical after a whole. there are billions to be made. our 2 parts documentary, deep sea greed starts june 8th on d. w. there are many gadgets that help people with disabilities lead more independent lives. for example, glasses that stuff. title spoken conversations in real time for deaf people, or a smart walking stick that detects obstacles with ultra atlantic 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 cars phase, they're 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 in work was remotely from their own homes. when customers talk to these little robots, they're not talking to and they always have of this whole thing to a real person, like somebody called me or she controls the robot from home. she's well enough about 50 people with physical mental disabilities. working as robot offering says that the dorm cafe in tokyo, japan. she takes customers oldest through the robots and makes recommendations. the big a robots themselves of food and drinks. the idea is to give people who come leave the homes due to health reasons, but want to what the opportunity to do. so it's like like look into,

you've got as long as i'm alive. i want to give something back to the community by working. can you go, can you say? yeah, but you're moving on this meet, your mike says he talks to his customers about everything from his health to the weather. so you put a menu dirty for that. i feel happy if i can be a part of society. she wants to go to go, go more, you must read. he may robots are equipped with the camera, microphone and speaker, allowing customers to talk directly to the operations. hold on me. so what do you mean by customers? don't really come here to see a reason me going. they come here because of the people behind to reconnect it. and then we'll come back to see them again and see what 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 battery is for people with disabilities, doing cafe breaks people with and without disabilities together. the 1st step to

what grades for inclusion. assistive technology refers to products that a people who, for example, can 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 without the left for arm. the former paralympic swimmer is now a disability awareness advocate and relies on the help of technology. and 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 humphrey, but fewer than 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 uses can configure with themselves at home or low technicians to do it remotely. so we've tried to build in the ionic technology, which allows us to connect to the hand. anyway, basically in the world and change configuration on the device instantaneously on the fly for the customer. the sensor bracelets is being tested at the university of sydney and australia is designed to detect the select the citizens of attendance, which controlled huns the supple movements, and then transmitted fire bluetooth to

a program. you touch your copy, 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 the sensor actually pick up those vibrations and be especially learning any i to make sense of those vibrations to figure out which finger is moving and how much due to a medical condition. leon shaw has limited mobility in his left hand. he's testing the sensor bracelets by playing simple computer games. its movements are interpreted into the game. it's a lot less movement that you need to use it that i've passed the i just 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 focused on the sense of touch at the university of

bristol, into u. k. researchers are working on simulating the different layers of human skin to allow robots to have a real human touch. disc come in handy for making future prosthetics. we 3 d, print that similar structure intel off efficient scale so that it can be phones, cold facts in a similar way. so you said human skin, but instead of having know if i things, we instead mounts a camera in sight, the sensor where you can see the cable coming from here. so that picks up that movement to base the feel like the structures inside this all facial skin. 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 on the direction of

a 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 as driving the, a only technology that's used to keep a ton of miss vehicles on the road is also useful for pedestrians. this 5 had got just helps blinds and people with low vision navigate the cities. the cameras imbedded into the lies, detect obstacles within the $170.00 degree angle. woman uses with 3 d sounds. mentioned that like this. if an object is moving towards the user, there is the risk of a collision. bypass warns them with a sound. similar to parking assisted martin cars. if there's an object on your left, you'll hear the obstacle on your left hand side. for sounds indicate where the obstacle is there a different sounds depending on whether it's

a call person open, that's 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 head 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 what i'm talking to you,

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 conversation is to be more inclusive to desk people. as the founder of best 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 we need to make decisions. because i know what is being said, voice recognition algorithms quickly convert spoken language into readable text, which i think that audio stream from the microphone on the gloss as we're running

through a piece of transcription software, which users have probably seen before. and the ability to set audio insights of captions. well wait during that has been taking those captions. i'm putting them into open to the reality impact system the connect to your connected death, people with sign language interpreters via video call. the interpret spoken language into sign language and sign language into speech. this helps death people lead more independence lives scenarios for the cause, our back interview opening and found problem with any of found hostages. to now use some emergency scenarios where uh, 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 a 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, 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. 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 for the motion. composer 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 the way and most people are overcome with emotions and joy. so it's not unusual to see people crying their workshops via tears of joy and bounce 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 brighten and let us

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