--- description: They're keeping people company, dispensing medication and more. title: Meet the AI Robots Helping Take Care of Elderly Patients image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta508227735976ef9/698a01d209208f622b4156fd/robots-elderly-care.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the AI Robots Helping Take Care of Elderly Patients by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2019 5:50 PM CUT  An elderly resident looks to a robot called "Pepper" during a presentation of two robots at the August-Stunz-Altenzentrum senior care facility on November 28, 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. An elderly resident looks to a robot called "Pepper" during a presentation of two robots at the August-Stunz-Altenzentrum senior care facility on November 28, 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany.Thomas Lohnes—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 23, 2019 5:50 PM CUT Robots powered by artificial intelligence have been popping up in hotels, airports and shopping malls. Now, they’re showing up at assisted living homes, too. With names like Stevie, Paro and Pillo, these robots can do everything from keeping the elderly company to reminding them to take their medication at the right time. “Robotics has the potential to play a huge role in elder care facilities and hospitals to enable people to do more with less,” says Conor McGinn, a roboticist and assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin. Watch the video above to learn more about how robots are being used in elderly care. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5660046/robots-elderly-care/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5660046/robots-elderly-care/"},"headline":"Meet the AI Robots Helping Take Care of Elderly Patients","datePublished":"2019-08-23T17:50:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:52:09.133Z","description":"They're keeping people company, dispensing medication and more","url":"https://time.com/5660046/robots-elderly-care/","keywords":["Tech","innovations","MSFTAI2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta508227735976ef9/698a01d209208f622b4156fd/robots-elderly-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta508227735976ef9/698a01d209208f622b4156fd/robots-elderly-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robots Elderly Care","caption":"Robots Elderly Care","creditText":"Thomas Lohnes—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5660046/robots-elderly-care/","name":"Meet the AI Robots Helping Take Care of Elderly Patients"}}]}] ```