Pastor Jacob Birch and Robotic Companions for the Elderly

Macleans has a truly sobering article about the realities facing Canada as its population ages entitled: The Curse of Small Families. 

I'll blog about this article and its realities at a later date but let me simply quote one sentence for you to think about:

“That’s why they’re working so hard on the robotics.”

Why robots to care for the Elderly?