Will The Elderly Ever Accept Care From Robots?

Will Aging Seniors Ever Welcome Robotic Caregivers?
A Jetsons 'Rosie the Robot' maquette that will soon be auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries is displayed in Beverly Hills on July 16, 2010. The auction of music and entertainment memorabilia will take place on July 17 in Beverly Hills. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
A Jetsons 'Rosie the Robot' maquette that will soon be auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries is displayed in Beverly Hills on July 16, 2010. The auction of music and entertainment memorabilia will take place on July 17 in Beverly Hills. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Early in the new science-fiction film Robot & Frank (opening Aug. 17 in New York and Aug. 24 elsewhere), Frank, an elderly man, gets a visit from his son, Hunter. Worried about his father's apparent decline, Hunter takes a gift out of the back of his car: a white robot with a humanlike body and a polite speaking voice.

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