Published: 10:43am, 26 Oct, 2015 Updated: 5:34pm, 18 Mar, 2016
According to the World Health Organisation, 22% of the world's population will be above 60 years old by 2050, leading scientists to create new robots that can help assist the elderly. The robot is called a "caregiver" and it has been designed for people who are elderly or disabled but not yet too ill to care for themselves.