David McGoran has come up with the Heart Robot, a sub-intelligent creation that just loves human touch, and it looks like some rejected Teletubby (those are fugly IMHO).
It has a beating heart which rises when the body is shaken, but slows down when treated calmly. In addition, Heart’s eyes flutter in response to touch. … [McGoran] believes there could be major implications for social care, with research already taking place into giving elderly care homes robots that express emotions.
I suppose when you’re old and all your friends have moved on to the nether world, a robot would be better than dying of loneliness.
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