Here's how robots can fight loneliness and ageing

Nov 28, 2018

A worker puts finishing touches to an iPal social robot, designed by AvatarMind, at an assembly plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China July 4, 2018. Designed to offer education, care and companionship to children and the elderly, the 3.5-feet tall humanoid robots come in two genders and can tell stories, take photos and deliver educational or promotional content. Picture taken July 4, 2018.REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1B1450D2B0

Loneliness and social isolation are already problems for many seniors. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Alessandro Di Nuovo

Reader in Computational Intelligence and Robotics, Sheffield Hallam University

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