Robot tour guides in Tokyo offer way for those with disabilities to work

Tours are being offered in Tokyo using a shoulder-mounted robot equipped with a camera, speaker and microphone. The robot twitches its wing-like arms, which it can fold together as if in prayer when visiting a temple. In the business district of Tokyo's Nihonbashi, groups of tourists are on guided tours of the area. But rather than being accompanied by a person, they're being shown around by a shoulder-mounted robot. If all goes well, these bilingual human-controlled robots, conversant in English and Japanese, could become a common sight in the capital. Created by robotics company OryLab, OriHime is a white robot with green eyes, weighing 4 kilograms.