iRobi, home tutoring robot, Yujin Robot Co., Ltd, Seoul, South Korea

In a small rural New Zealand town, robots have been deployed as part of a world leading experiment run by Auckland University. The iRobi robots have been sent to live with the most unlikely of people – the elderly. Olive Simpson, 95, and Colleen Whitfield, 76, are both playing host to a robot for three months. The trial aims to see how robots can live with the elderly and whether the elderly can accept robots in their home. With the ageing of the population, time is running out to find a solution to who will care for future elderly citizen. Are robots really the answer?

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