The AI-driven Robot for Embrace and Care (AIREC) was designed by a team of researchers at Waseda University to carry out tasks such as changing diapers or performing movements to prevent sores among bedridden elderly people or patients in critical care.

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly.

Developed to address the country’s chronic shortage of aged care workers, the 330-pound (149 kilograms) AIREC represents a glimpse into the future of robotic caregiving. “Give