Robot Technology Years Away From Elderly Care
Although much progress has been made in the world of robotics , using robots to do household chores or care for the elderly may still be years away. At the moment , robots can do many tasks, but it just takes them too long to do them.
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Words
- ageing = becoming older
- all-in-one = here: a robot that can do basically everything
- annual = yearly
- bedridden = not able to leave your bed because you are old or ill
- competition = event that tries to find out who is the best
- consumer = people who buy things
- crawling with them = here: you can see them everywhere
- dexterity = skill and speed in doing something with your hands
- elderly = older people
- essential = something extremely important or necessary
- estimate = think
- feed = here: put
- fold = put together in an orderly way
- footage = here: a short film
- isolation = being alone
- laundry = clothes that need to be washed or that just have been washed
- majority = most of
- patience = being able to wait for something without getting angry
- proportion = part of something compared to the whole thing
- remote = far away
- robotics = the study of how robots are made or used
- sponsor = here: pay for an event
- stroke = when a blood vessel in your brain suddenly breaks open or becomes blocked so that people may die or not be able to use some muscles
- task = job
- variety = many different types of things
- vehicle = car, bus etc..