Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Facing a rising elderly population, and a dwindling workforce, nursing homes in Japan have started to turn to robots as a solution. Since 2015, the Japanese government has spent over $45 million towards research and development towards the use of robotics in over 5,000 nursing homes. So far, the program has yielded such inventions as “Mamoru-no”, a monitoring device that…