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Investor money has forever flowed to innovation in robotics. Robots on the Runway at Digital Health at CES offered a view of what was new then in human-like robots, the most charming was Anybots QB, now QB2 – which would 'go to the office for you.' In fact, this ‘telepresence’ robot begs the question, what’s a robot anyway – is it a 'machine controlled device through an external or (usually internal) computer, often equipped with audio, visual, and/or tactile sensors as well as other devices and tools to perform one or several programmed jobs?' Oh yeah. They can be autonomous, like the iRobot one for the military – working on their own. Like Anybots, they could be a telepresence robot – a 'remote controlled, wheeled device that has wireless internet connectivity.' And the market for all types in healthcare globally some say is $2.8 billion.

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robotics, AgeTech, Seniors, senior living

Intuition Robotics Raises $14 Million Series A Investment Led by Toyota Research Institute

Tue, 07/11/2017 - 08:13 - Laurie Orlov

07/11/2017

Ramat Gan, Israel, July 11, 2017-- Intuition Robotics, developer of social companion technologies for positive social impact, announced a $14M A-round investment today led by the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). TRI joins early A-round investors OurCrowd and iRobot as well as existing seed investors Maniv Mobility, Terra Venture Partners, Bloomberg Beta, and additional private investors who participated in the round.

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robotics, Seniors

What the Amazon Echo Show Means for the Future of Conversational Interfaces

Fri, 06/30/2017 - 08:40 - Laurie Orlov

Would people want a Pepper robot that didn’t have a screen?

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robotics, Voice/AI/Voice Assistants

What the Amazon Echo Show Means for the Future of Conversational Interfaces

06/29/2017

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Robots help improve independence of elderly

Mon, 06/19/2017 - 21:06 - Laurie Orlov

06/17/2017

The Yomiuri Shimbun Interacting with communication robots helps elderly people be more independent in their everyday lives, with a recent large-scale trial demonstrating a 34 percent increase in the degree of independent living after such interactions, according to a national research and development agency.

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robotics