There is much anxiety in Japan related to accommodating their aging population. Their elderly and infirm number in the millions and that figure is growing out of proportion to the rest of the country. Caring for them is naturally on everyone's minds ? including those of roboticists. And research organization RIKEN is updating its medical assistance bot in order to help caretakers with the task of lifting a person from a bed to a wheelchair and back.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/skKtPp20SMo/
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