the residents enjoy interacting with the robots. it's easy to talk to them. and when i talk to them i don't have to be careful about what i say. but when i talk to real people i have to think about how they'll react and what sort of people they are. that. this cuddly robot seal can even deal with the patients emotions there are also small robot dogs. i don't know if they're going down there. when i petted the robots for the first time they moved just like real animals i think they're sweet. japan doesn't have enough care givers to deal with it's rapidly aging population more than one quarter of all japanese are over the age of sixty five tokyo's regional government has been testing robots in the health care sector since twenty