Future Companions
AI and robotic companions can help older adults stay independent, safe, and connected at home longer. We document the technology as it actually is—not the hype.
We will report from Guangzhou, Foshan, and Shenzhen—meeting robotics companies, attending EAI and NEPCON Asia, and arranging interviews and permission-based factory tours.
We explore how AI and robotic companions can support daily life through presence, check-ins, reminders, monitoring, and eventually physical assistance.
These tools are best understood as support for the gaps between visits—helping people feel safer and more connected while preserving independence.
Tracking the robots, AI companions, and caregiving tools moving from demonstrations into real homes and care settings.
Forget the dancing and the backflips. Episode 5 looks at the small, everyday jobs a home robot would have to do reliably before older adults could trust it.
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This October, Future Companions is going to China to ask whether robots can safely and reliably help older adults in everyday life.
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A major carmaker is betting it can manufacture humanoid robots at scale. But can it build one we would trust?
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