Robots to help elderly or paint nails

A Japanese elderly care company Asahi Sun Clean employee wearing a power suit, called ‘Muscle Suit’ powered by compressed air stored in an air tank on his back, lifts a fellow worker during a demonstration while auto parts maker NSK demonstrates a cane style navigation ‘LIGHBOT’ robot for elderly and handicaped people, equipped with a laser rangefinder to avoid obstacles, at the annual Internatinal Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Wednesday. — AFP photo

Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday.

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Thai protesters rally on eve of amnesty bill vote

Thousands of protesters rallied in several parts of Bangkok on Thursday on the eve of a key vote on a bill that would grant amnesty to leaders and others involved in often-violent political conflicts that have afflicted Thailand for nearly a decade.

The Senate announced it would move up the vote to Friday from Monday in an attempt to ease rising tension over the bill, which has already passed the more powerful lower house.
‘This is a very urgent issue that can’t wait. We want the (protesters) to know that their voices have been heard,’ Senate speaker Nikom Wairatpanij said, adding that a group of senators have agreed they will vote down the bill.

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