Facing high employee turnover and an aging population, nursing homes have increasingly turned to robots to complete a variety of care tasks, but few researchers have explored how these technologies ...

Picture the scene: You move into a nursing home in the final years of your life, when you are no longer able to manage on your own. And there you discover the future. The place teems with humanoid ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ ...

Home-care robots hold significant potential in empowering older adults. Researchers from Chiba University, Japan, assess factors influencing the willingness to use home-care robots among caregivers ...

New research suggests that using robots in nursing homes has a positive influence on employee retention, hiring rates and resident care. The study examined robotics implementation in a nursing home in ...

A trial using robotic pets to tackle loneliness in care homes has been launched. West Berkshire Council's adult social care ...

It will work with China’s Huaxi Intelligent Technology Co to produce humanoid robots that will replicate human presence, ...

Yong Suk Lee, associate professor of technology, economy and global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. Facing high employee turnover and an aging ...

In the unfolding era of advanced technology, the concept of robots assisting in elderly care is no longer science fiction but a reality. With a 95% success rate, robotic assistants have emerged as an ...

Visions of robots, enchanted forests, and, most importantly, love flowed freely at a lucky Blanchester, OH, nursing home recently. Residents at Continental Manor were able to let their imagination run ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, ...

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals ...