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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
I fail to see how this would decrease human interaction. After all, someone needs to control the movements of the robot.
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Actually, the goal of the robot is that no one will have to control it's movements. It has facial recognition (See) and can listen to commands (Hear). A person can be in the living room, and tell the Care-Bot to carry them to bed. The robot would hear a command being giving, move to it's owner/master, pick them up and carry them off to the bed room, or to the bathroom, or the backyard.
Most likely, a family would own one of these while these to help take care of grandma and/or grandpa, or a nursing home would have a few of these to help out. It's possible that someone would want to stay at home, and only have their Care-bot, and the occasional visit from the nurse.
This wouldn't just be for the elderly. Last year when I was apartment hunting, there was a paraplegic guy in his mid-30s offering a free room and a job as his care giving. He just needs help changing his clothes and bathing, so one of these Care-bots would have been perfect for him.