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AUSTRALIA: Emotionally intelligent robots for aged care

April 28th, 2009
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. MELBOURNE, Victoria / Australian Aging Agenda / April 28, 2009 A team of Melbourne researchers hope to have ‘emotionally intelligent’ robots ready to provide assistance in hospitals and aged care within five years. Dr Rajiv Khosla and his team from La Trobe University have established an international collaborative network with Kyoto University and NEC. Using a $1 million grant over the next three years, they will work on developing robots that can detect and respond appropriately to hum

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