How robots are changing eldercare

How robots are changing eldercare

Read: 4 min In November, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion editorial arguing robots could soon replace human caregivers for elderly Americans.  “If robots can now fold laundry, serve food, sweep the floor, operate computers, talk, walk and dance, it’s plausible that soon they will help our elders out of bed and give them sponge baths,” wrote Dr. Lydia Dugdale, a physician and ethicist at Columbia University. Robots could accompany sen…