Japanese researchers have created a robot nurse that can lift elderly patients from wheelchairs and beds. Naturally, it looks like a giant teddy bear. Riba, short for Robot for Interactive Body ...

If the thought of a giant robot bear picking you up doesn’t sound too scary, consider spending your old age in Japan. State-backed research center Riken is developing a bear-like intelligent lifting ...

Giant robot bears are coming for our senior citizens — coming to help them get into their wheelchairs. It's called ROBEAR and it was developed by scientists at RIKEN, a Japanese research university, ...

Japan has long been looking at how it might use robots to provide care for the elderly, and with a rapidly aging population, and a birth rate that continues to fall, the issue has taken on growing ...

The gentle giant has been designed specifically to assist in caring for Japan's ageing population, taking on heavy-duty tasks such as lifting. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to ...

Japan has a rapidly aging population, along with the longest life expectancy in the world. These two factors combine to create one of the biggest problems the country's healthcare system faces. In the ...

I'm reaching out to clarify about this article about SeppuKuma, a robot bear that helps with assisted suicide. Is this true? Origins: On 5 February 2015, the web site IFLScience.org (no affiliation ...