£15,000 machine called Pepper seeks out residents to talk to and could also monitor their health
- Robots are being trialled at care homes in Essex, Lincoln, Poland and Greece
- Experts hope they will be able to monitor people's pulses and spot illnesses
- But critics are warning that machines cannot offer same support as humans
Care homes plan to use robots to interact with the elderly – raising fears they could become a cheap replacement for staff.
A £15,000 robot is to patrol care homes and seek out elderly residents in Southend to talk to.
And a separate British trial starting this month will use robots to bolster staff at homes in the UK, Poland and Greece.
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