Care-Providing Robot FRIEND

The care-providing robotic system FRIEND (Functional Robot arm with
user-frIENdly interface for Disabled people) is a semi-autonomous robot
designed to support disabled and elderly people in their daily life
activities, like preparing and serving a meal, or reintegration in
professional life. FRIEND make it possible for such people, e.g. patients
which are paraplegic, have muscle diseases or serious paralysis, e.g. due to
strokes, to perform special tasks in daily life self-determined and without
help from other people like therapists or nursing staff.  

AMaRob
http://www.amarob.de/

FRIEND:: System
http://www.iat.uni-bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=1082