But can robots and futuristic devices really improve ... He added: "I believe that this must be improved in order to make Japan's elderly care facilities sustainable in the future.

A researcher at Waseda University’s laboratory in Tokyo, Japan, plays an elderly patient to demonstrate ... doll-sized robot assists a care worker by singing pop songs and leading residents ...

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future “caregiver” for Japan’s rapidly ... for medical and elderly care, and in our daily ...

The test demonstrated how medical robots could be used to help the elderly with basic functions ... It could be helping care for Japan’s aging population by 2030. Last month experts said robot ...

But the elder care industry is already having trouble ... A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research on robots in Japanese nursing homes, which face similar challenges ...

But can robots and futuristic devices really improve ... He added: “I believe that this must be improved in order to make Japan's elderly care facilities sustainable in the future.

The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly ... for medical and elderly care, and in our daily lives ...