“What Doraemon, the Earless Blue Robot Cat from the 22nd Century, Can Teach Us About How Japan’s Elderly and Their Human Caregivers Might Live with Emotional Care Robots.”

While immense literatures examine aging and robots in Japan separately, reality has not yet reached the point where robotic care for the elderly can be examined comprehensively.  Disciplining imagination with method, structural analysis of the popular Japanese children’s animation series Doraemon, i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert C. Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-12-01
Series:Anthropology & Aging
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Online Access:http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/anthro-age/article/view/124