Robots Aren’t the Solution to Elder Care w/ James Wright
Tech Won't Save Us
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Is There a Difference Between a Robot and a Care Home Robot?
Engineers weren't going into the homes very much to see how these robots were used in practice as you describe. And I think that's quite important as well, right? So one of the other robots, paddle was seeing those being the most hands off, like, easy to use robot. Care workers responded really positively to initially. A lot of the residents also found it cute, and they're quite happy to have it there in front of them to touch it to stroke it.
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