Researchers at Universiteit Leiden are pleased to announce a study delving into crucial aspects of safety and responsibility in the domain of personal care robots, explicitly focusing on robotic lower ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used ...

Did you know that the average annual cost of in-home care in the U.S. has now surpassed $60,000? It's a staggering figure that's leaving many families scrambling for alternatives. But what if I told ...

Hospitals and senior living centers are leading the adoption of service robots that handle basic support tasks. Experts predict home-assistant robots capable of physical caregiving are still 10–15 ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) provides a grand stage for the most ground-breaking technologies and futuristic visions. Among ...

CES is always a hotbed of technical innovation, with many cutting-edge tech demos…some more practical than others. But robots and AI have had a growing presence at the show, and CES 2024 presented ...

Service robots are closer to the common perception of robots providing direct care. One intriguing example developed for use in some German nursing homes is the Care-o-bot developed by Fraunhofer IPA.