Robonurse cares for elderly – answers
questions
- Who do elderly people rely on? a nurse
- Who is Riba? a robot nurse
- What do its developers believe about Riba? that it could be the future of care for the elderly
- What is happening to the elderly population? it is increasing
- Name one of the main tasks performed by the care-givers. lifting people from a bed or wheelchair
- What will the robot reduce for care-givers? human labour
- What was the problem encountered by a previous version of the robot? it couldn’t lift as much
- What gives peace of mind? a cute face
- When will the robot be launched? there are no immediate plans to launch the robot
- What will become one of the world’s ‘biggest’? the population of over 75s