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Can Robots Tighten the Bolts on a Rickety Caregiver Sector?
Robotic aides could relieve the burden of caring for a growing elderly and disabled population—if we can take advantage of technological advances without ignoring human needs...
Nic Carey is a roboticist and research engineer at the Designing Emergence Laboratory of Harvard University. She works on bio-inspired systems, collective behavior and robot ethics.
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