robots for eldercare

Rehabilitation and Environmental Monitoring, with Lei Cui

Ron Vanderkley 26 Jun 2015

Transcript included. In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Dr. Lei Cui from Curtin University about his team’s work on 3D printable hand orthosis for rehabilitation, a task-oriented 4-...

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Supernumerary Limbs, with Federico Parietti

Audrow Nash 15 May 2015

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Federico Parietti, a PhD candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about his research on supernumerary robotic limbs that can be used in manufact...

Can a robot baby curb loneliness among Japan’s senior citizens? | TechInAsia

Hallie Siegel 13 Jan 2015

SoftBank’s hotly-anticipated robot companion, Pepper, touted as being capable of recognizing and responding to human emotions, won’t go on sale at the telco’s retail outlets until next month. Bu...

Walking assistive devices for the elderly

Jeremy Olivier and NCCR Robotics 07 Jan 2015

When thinking about robots that can be used to care for the elderly, most people imagine humanoid robots that are meant to help with cooking, cleaning and socializing. But what if robots could be u...

Readers optimistic about role of robots as care assistants for seniors

Open Roboethics Initiative 25 Nov 2014

Developing robots that are capable of taking care of seniors is the goal of an increasing number of robotics companies. While there are many economic and social factors to encourage this trend, the ...

Would you trust a robot to take care of your grandpa?

Open Roboethics Initiative 11 Nov 2014

One of the driving forces of social, interactive robotics is the issue of impending labour shortage, which is projected to be one of the major and inevitable consequences of the ageing population phe...

Driven by care needs, will it be the booming senior population that spurs wider acceptance of robots?

Abate De Mey 19 Oct 2014

Tony Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Sheffield Center of Robotics believes that [tweetquote]the medical industry could be at the forefront of changing the public per...

Robocars: A natural fit for retirement communities

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 18 Oct 2014

As people get older, they start losing their ability to drive: they start having trouble seeing in the dark and they stop driving at night; they also make mistakes, causing other people to hit them, a...

Nursing Grandma with a robot

Mark Stephen Meadows 13 Oct 2014

[tweetquote]All this talk about being replaced by robots is getting old.[/tweetquote]...

Korean Yujin Robot launches meal transport robot

Frank Tobe 01 Sep 2014

Korean-based Yujin Robot continues to release thoughtful new products. They just announced a meal-transport robot designed to operate in eldercare and other hospitality and health care facilities....

Robot helps 94-year-old Italian grandmother live independently at home

the European Commission 05 May 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTPrA9nH6E EU invests in new technology to support silver generation At 94, Grandma Lea could not live alone anymore, but she wanted to stay at home. She still doe...