Current recently did a report on Japan's move toward using robot labor as their population shrinks and grows older. One part of the plan is eventually to give the elderly mechanized workers to assist in household chores. Of course, sadly, this just isn't feasible here in the States. Why? Because robots are strong and they eat old people's medicine.

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Japan's perspective on the elderly and robots co-habitating ...



The U.S. perspective on the elderly and robots co-habitating ...