Chinese scientists from the Institute of Technology Harbin, in north-eastern country, to finalize the details soon to launch a robot on the market designed to care for older people living alone, state media reported today china.
The robot, which cost between 30,000 and 50,000 yuan (4.000-7.000 dollars) may bring food and medicine, sounding alarms in the event that the house has leaks of water or gas, or send text messages to family and Video friends and even sing songs or play chess.
The apparatus of 1.6 meters in height, could be in stores within two or three years, according to the official stressed Xinhua Li Ruifeng, one of the project.
The development of this project was commissioned by the Chinese Government to address the problem of rapid population aging china, one consequence of the one-child policy. The country has 159 million people over 60 years, 12 percent of the total population and the limited success of nursing homes in the country makes it necessary, as estimated by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, some 10 million social workers and nurses to care for this population.
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