The companion robot has been co-designed with mecwacare clinical and lifestyle teams to ensure she supports resident ...

Companies worldwide are increasingly turning to robotics, and one brightly colored robot may soon be a familiar sight in Bay Area senior communities. Unlike machines designed to boost efficiency or ...

Coming out of the pandemic, the whole world was thinking about loneliness and isolation. I was just reflecting on that – the experience of being lonely, not having meaningful connection in your life, ...

“I hate this!” That’s how Jude from Oregon reacted to my newsletter last week about Abi, the AI-powered companion robot that ...

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Abi speaks 90 languages, blows bubbles and remembers your stories. Her 26-year-old creator is betting a humanoid designed for ...

A humanoid robot named Abi, developed by a Melbourne-based startup, is helping combat loneliness among residents in ...