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Meet the robots caring for Japan’s aging population.
Frank is a divorcé who suffers from early symptoms of dementia. Growing weary of weekly visits, his son gifts him a shiny white robot butler designed to handle daily chores and provide health care updates for the aging man.

Does this scenario sound familiar?

This quirky storyline comes from the film Robot and Frank, which was set in the near future. Although this was meant to depict a strange, fairytale world where robots become our best friends, it actually captures what the future of assisted living could look like in Japan.