The 'soft side' of robots and elderly care in Japan

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago

As Japan's population shrinks, and its proportion of elderly rises, the nation continues to avoid increasing immigration. Rather than hire humans to provide care for the nation's elderly, Japan's political leaders look instead to a robotic revolution to provide that care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppPLDEi82lg Inventions such as Paro, a robotic seal that coos and purrs, provide Japan's elderly...

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