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Ageing Japan turns to AI robots to care for the elderly | South China Morning Post

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At a university laboratory in the Japanese capital Tokyo, a life-size robot leans over a man lying on his back. The machine gently puts one hand on the man’s knee and the other on his shoulder and rolls him slowly onto his side. The AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care (AIREC) was designed by a team of researchers a…

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