Robots help elderly in nursing home in east China

Updated: 2016-05-23 13:38

(xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn)

An elderly man listens to traditional Chinese opera via A-Tie who plays music at the nursing home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, May 17, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

The robots were developed by Woosiyuan Telecom Technology Co Ltd and are currently undergoing trials.

The "A-Tie" robots, whose name means "iron" in Chinese, are 0.8 meters tall and weigh 15 kilograms. They have round bodies and heads sprouting two antennae.

The robots are controlled by a mobile phone app or touch screens, and they can do much more than remind patients to take their medicines.