Robot carers could help lonely seniors—they're cheering humans up already
Monday, November 26, 2018 - 10:20
in Mathematics & Economics
The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future where robots could do almost everything humans could. The elderly title character was given a "robot butler" to help him continue living on his own. The robot was capable of everything from cooking and cleaning to socialising (and, it turned out, burglary).