Norway ponders robot care for elderly

by Rob Peters | February 7, 2008 at 02:21 pm
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One step closer to a Jetson's world.

OSLO (Reuters) - Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in their own homes, a project leader told Reuters on Thursday.

Norway faces a growing shortage of health care staff over the next 5-10 years, and 2020 will be a crunch point when large numbers of post-World War 2 "baby boomers" leave the workforce.

Two employee groups have teamed up to see how robots and other hi-tech gadgets can be developed to help care for them.

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The Eye of Brad

my robot.

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mdverde

This is the Transformers Onslaught, Original Generation 1.

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Watercolor and glitter robot drawn for friend's son at a drawing jam

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ethorson

Maybe these robots will help the elderly exercise by teaching them the robot dance.

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neilslorance

This is a drawing of my favorite robot from the film laputa,he is very friendly. nx

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this is a model I made while taking maya lessons.

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Sony's robot at the 2004 CES show in Las Vegas

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