Last year in Japan, where robots are considered “iyashi,” or - TopicsExpress



          

Last year in Japan, where robots are considered “iyashi,” or healing, the health ministry began a program designed to meet work-force shortages and help prevent injuries by promoting nursing-care robots that assist with lifting and moving patients. A consortium of European companies, universities and research institutions collaborated on Mobiserv, a project that developed a touch-screen-toting, humanoid-looking “social companion” robot that offers reminders about appointments and medications and encourages social activity, healthy eating and exercise. In Sweden, researchers have developed GiraffPlus, a robot that looks like a standing mirror cum VACUUM CLEANER, monitors health metrics like blood pressure and has a screen for virtual doctor and family visits. Medbots, or medi-bots, Akire? In fact, dare I make a suggestion for volume three of your trilogy? I would like to see those robots become less robotic and menial, and have personalities and names, and at least beginning sentience, as in David Mitchells Cloud Atlas, since robots are coming of age! ;-) Maybe you could tell part of the story at least from one or more of their points of view... B| (y)
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:43:37 +0000

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