This video demonstrates that Japan is making great strides in elder-care robots. Japan may be the only country in the world with an aging population that would have a built-in comfort level with robots, I can't see these being all that popular in assisted living facilities in the States, but who knows, if it works, it works. Let's just hope they don't read this report from MSNBC about what happens when good robots go bad.
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November 05, 2009
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