Seabridge Bathing's Blog » massage http://blog.seabridgebathing.com For the elderly, disabled, and those who care for them Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:16:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Caregiving robots on the way, UIC scientists say http://blog.seabridgebathing.com/2009/09/11/caregiving-robots-on-the-way-uic-scientists-say/ http://blog.seabridgebathing.com/2009/09/11/caregiving-robots-on-the-way-uic-scientists-say/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:46:07 +0000 admin http://blog.seabridgebathing.com/?p=89 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 [...]]]> 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.

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