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TOPSHOT - A greeting robot called \"Pepper\" gestures to the media in a hotel lobby during the first day the building is used as a new medical lodging facility to accommodate COVID-19 coronavirus patients with mild symptoms in Tokyo on May 1, 2020. - Japan has seen a relatively smaller scale outbreak compared to hotspots in Europe and the United States, with around 14,000 infections and 415 deaths as of April 30. (Photo by Philip FONG \/ AFP)<\/p>","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"doc7adr8m0p0kh7k9l34r9","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="800154.jpg" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?fit=980%2C653&ssl=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?w=1240&ssl=1 1240w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=1200%2C799&ssl=1 1200w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/ten15am.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/800154.jpg?resize=751%2C500&ssl=1 751w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" srcset="data:image/gif;base64, https://ten15am.org/tag/social/R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"/>

UK researchers trial robots to ease social care burden

EDINBURGH: Pepper’s skill set includes making phone calls, identifying missing items in the kitchen and occasional aerobics instruction. Now, after a surge in loneliness among vulnerable groups during the coronavirus pandemic, this robot’s potential as […]