Care robots and elderly robotics improve senior care with mobility support, emotional assistance, and cognitive stimulation, ...

Early in the new science-fiction film "Robot & Frank" (opening Aug. 24), Frank, an elderly man, gets a visit from his son, Hunter. Worried about his father's apparent decline, Hunter takes a gift out ...

Older Americans are living longer than before on average. That means there is more demand for long-term care services. A Wells Fargo report from earlier this year, for example, estimated that 1.7 ...

Yukiko Namekata, a resident at an elder care facility in Tokyo run by Zenkoukai, and her caregiver follow the movement of a miniature humanoid robot called PALRO. At top, AIREC, an artificial ...

Facing high employee turnover and an aging population, nursing homes have increasingly turned to robots to complete a variety ...

Beijing E-Town recently opened a smart elderly care robotics station—the first of its kind in the world—bringing robots into ...

Artificial joints fitted closely around Zhang's legs, tiny motors humming as they learned his strides. With each step, the sensors tracked his movements and the whole frame gently pushed him forward.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German robotics startup Devanthro has unveiled its latest generation of telepresence robots, specifically designed for caring at ...

Did you ever see Robot and Frank? The charming 2012 film features Frank Langella as an elderly ex-cat burglar in the early stages of dementia whose son buys him a domestic robot to act as a caretaker.

Few workers draw more sympathy and appreciation than the caregivers who tend to the daily needs of elderly people unable to cope by themselves. Working in homes or institutions, they help them eat, ...