AXIOS July 8, 2022
Jennifer A. Kingson

A 4-foot-tall droid named Pepper — preprogrammed with hundreds of jokes — is one of two robots now working at a nursing home in Roseville, Minnesota, entertaining residents and helping monitor their health.

  • A sample from its sometimes-salty repertoire: “I went on a date with a Roomba last week — it totally sucked.”

The big picture: Household robots are growing in utility and ubiquity, and this latest use seems to blend two trends we’ve noted: The availability of humanoid robots as party guests and entertainers and their use as companions and health monitors for the elderly.

Driving the news: As part of a study by the University of Minnesota Duluth, two robots (designed by SoftBank Robotics) have...

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Topics: Patient / Consumer, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Robotics/RPA, Technology
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