Nancy Jecker proposes robot companions for isolated, disabled seniors (VIDEO)

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Nancy Jecker, a bioethicist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses her paper about the value of robots for companionship and sex with older people who are socially isolated and disabled.

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