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Meet Abi, the humanoid robot developed by a Melbourne-based startup, helping combat loneliness among residents in Australian aged care homes by adjusting its personality based on who it’s interacting with

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Ari1 year ago

That is very unfortunate :-( soon there will be no human care att elderly nursing home. Robots replace them all.

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Abbybecool1 year ago

You mean it masks? The robot is good at masking lol. I do that too sometimes.

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Prince Samson Olaoye1 year ago

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WickedestWitch1 year ago

Honestly, my curiosity would take over, would be very tempted to get my tool box & start taking it apart [senior citizen]

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Are you serious? I personally wouldn't like such a "robot" for entertaining against my loneliness.

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