New York state officials will offer companion robots to hundreds of senior citizens. The robots' features include wellness activity suggestions and medication reminders. Older adults face a higher ...

Paro is a soft, fuzzy robot, built to look and sound like a baby seal. It's also a $6,000 machine, classified by the FDA as a medical device, that aims to help older adults overcome mental woes.

An upgraded version of ElliQ — a robot designed to act as a companion for older adults — is now available for anyone to buy. The bot has been under development by Israeli startup Intuition ...

Older adults' fears that companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to researchers.

The problem of seniors being lonely however, is widespread –– about one in four older adults report feeling socially isolated. But not everyone has subscribed to the idea of technology filling this ...

Companion robots, in particular, have caught the public’s attention. For years, mental health experts have warned of a loneliness epidemic, particularly among older adults.

Companion robots enhanced with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate the loneliness epidemic, suggests a new report from researchers at Auckland, Duke, and Cornell Universities.. Their ...

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