The task that the Robot performs is that they assist people and help them carry things around and puts away items everyday if their not able to do it themselves and what human function or task does the assistive robot simulate is that the robot has laser pointer for the user because if the person is not able to carry it, then the assistive robot would carry it for you. Also that this robot perform or helps people do things that they are not able to accomplish themselves, also that this robot helps people with big or small problems and for example if you need to for you to call 911 or someone because you can't then the assistive robot will do it for you. How the Assistive robot is taught to perform its task because the engineers put all the instructions together for the robot to follow or to perform what they need to do. Also some Assistive Robots are performed by a laser pointer,joystick, and some are performed by voice if the person wants it to do a special task. That after they don’t need the assistive robot they instructed it to go back until the people need them. That this Robot can create to provide employment for people because they could make sure they are in good conditions and they could even make there own color or create there own color. The assistive robot cost $50,000 dollars.