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 ...

The high prices of many eldercare robots represent another significant barrier, as they are well beyond the reach of most ...

We’ve been keeping tabs on Labrador Systems since we caught a very early demo of its elder care-focused technology in a hotel suite several CESes ago. Today the California-based robotics firm ...

The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, there will be 1.4 billion people older than 60 on the planet. Caring for this population will require intensive care from health professionals, ...

Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Google, as the most prominent company on the Internet defends its search juggernaut while expanding into nearly anything it thinks possible. He has ...

The North Carolina-based company CareYaya has developed the Yaya Bear, a soft, AI-powered social robotic companion designed ...

Tech company Labrador Systems announced on Wednesday it was beginning the rollout of its new assistive robots that will help senior citizens and others who need assistance in their daily life, a ...

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 ...

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.