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Episode: Robot helps seniors fight loneliness; it converses, plays music and gives virtual tours
Description: Some American senior citizens have a new companion to help them combat loneliness β a robot.
Joyce Loazia lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a suburban Fort Lauderdale senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that asks about her day.
A few miles away, the same voice comforted 83-year-old Deanna Dezern when her friend died.
The women are some of the first in the country to receive the robot ElliQ, whose creators, Intuition Robotics, and senior assistance officials say is the only device using artificial intelligence specifically designed to le...