Toyota in joint project for robot-aided seniors complex

toyotaTOKYO: Fujita Health University in Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, is partnering with Toyota Motor Corp. to open a Robotic Smart Home — a base for nursing robots at the Toyoake apartment complex — next spring.

As the nation approaches a “superaging” society when the baby boomer generation turns 75 years old and above, the project aims to develop small robots that can be easily installed in small Japanese houses, with the cooperation of residents…

Full story covered in the Seniors Housing & Healthcare Trends.