FRANKFORT, IN – Two employees at Clinton House Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center worked quickly Tuesday, Sept. 30, as they prepared the way for one of the biggest “next big things” in medical care.
The workers pulled apart poles of gold-colored metal that linked red velvet ropes, of the kind that often enclose a red carpet, for the assisted-living facility’s honored guest. A DJ played “Thunder” by AC/DC.
The robot entered.
Robin, 4 feet tall and resembling a grounded EVE from the film "WALL-E," wheeled through the lane set up for her with a wide-eyed smile displayed on her flat-screen, iPad-sized face.
She waved to the crowd assembled before her in one of the building’s day rooms by flashing a yellow palm on her screen. She spoke in the voice of a young girl, through speakers on the sides of her head.
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