Yoshiyuki Sankai is among those who see robots as the future of elderly health care.
A researcher at Japan’s University of Tsukuba, Sankai has developed a robotic suit designed to make it easier for elderly people with weak muscles to move around or for care-givers to lift them.
Although very cool-looking and probably fun to operate, at $30,000-plus a pop, this would only put Medicare into bankruptcy that much faster. Which brings up the question: how long before we see infomercials advertising robots to Medicare patients?
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