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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

‘If it tells me to walk, I get my stick’: How robots are caring for Britain’s vulnerable and elderly

“This is a medication reminder… Have you taken your medication?” 

Every day, Tara is asked that question, not by a nurse, friend or family member, but by a little white robot that lives at her house. 

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