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Would You Trust This Companion Robot With Your Grandma? CNET Families Gave It a Try

CNET·Our Experts·27 days ago
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ElliQ is a robot meant to help your older loved ones. Katelyn Chedraoui/Jeffrey Hazelwood/CNET Would You Trust This Companion Robot With Your Grandma? CNET Families Gave It a Try Who should consider ElliQ: Getting set up Advocating for health and wellness Can a robot be a social companion? Is ElliQ right for you? I was sitting in my grandparents' living room on a sunny afternoon and asked my grandmother, Jan, how her experience with the ElliQ robot was going. She laughed, saying, "ElliQ is so funny! I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was 'meditating on the meaning of life.'" I wasn't expecting this. "What did the robot think was the meaning of life?" I asked. "Honestly, I like to think the meaning of life isn't one fixed thing. Maybe it's about those small, everyday joys," ElliQ said when I asked it the same question.…

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