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SHIFT

Companion Robots for Older Adults

31 December 2025 22:59 Jennifer Strong

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About this episode

We meet a founder questioning the wisdom of the Turing Test as he works to address the loneliness epidemic among the elderly, in the latest installment of our oral history project.

 

We Meet: 

Intuition Robotics Founder Dor Skuler, maker of the ElliQ digital companion


Credits:

SHIFT is produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens. It’s mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.


This episode first published in August 2024. 

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