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We Don't Want No Stinking Robots

By The Daily Dish
Sep 20 2007, 3:19 AM ET

Japanese seniors are apparently uninterested in techno-servants:

"Most (elderly) people are not interested in robots ... They want to be able to get around their house, take a bath, get to the toilet and that's about it," according to Ruth Campbell, a geriatric social worker at the University of Tokyo.

No Oprah?



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