You may not need nursing home insurance after all.
Elderly patients who want to stay in their homes instead of having to consider or be put in a nursing home could get help from a robot in the not-too-distant future, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A basic prototype of a robotic caregiver for the elderly might be a mere three years away, they say.
Before any robot can be built, the most basic problem of communication, through speech, gestures and touch, must be solved.
the researchers hope to make it affordable.
"If we put the cost at $20,000 to $30,000 -- or much less if we built on a large scale -- and if the robot is in service 5 to 10 years, that would be a good investment,"
Click on the following for more of the story: Caregiving robots on the way, UIC scientists say -- chicagotribune.com
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