Engineers at MIT have unveiled a robot that assists the elderly with a variety of household tasks and emergency maneuvers.

The US, despite having a record-high elderly population, is grappling with issues like AI-driven insurance claim denials and ...

MIT researchers developed a compact robot that can lift, support, and catch older adults during a fall without being attached ...

BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly and prevent them from falling as they move around their homes. E-BAR acts as a set of robotic handlebars that follows a person from ...

E-BAR is a set of robotic handlebars that follow a person from behind. A user can walk independently or lean on the robot’s ...

Humanoid robots are starting to arrive thanks to tech advancements and the need to fill a shortage of workers in dull and physically tasking jobs.

Loneiness is common among seniors. This woman at a long-term care facility in Montgeron, France, treated the robot as a confidant. They were indoors, but she imagined relaxing with it under the sun.

From predictive tools to digital companionship, AI is transforming how we care for the world’s fastest-growing age group.

As America’s population grows older, the challenge of caring for seniors becomes increasingly urgent. By 2050, the number of people aged 65 and older is expected to rise from 58 million to 82 million.

Older people want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible. A care robot like the E-BAR developed at MIT should ...

A team of engineers at MIT has built and tested its Elderly Bodily Assistance Robot (E-BAR), which is a mobile robot capable ...