Can 'Robots Won't Save Japan' Save Robotics? Reviewing an Ethnography of Eldercare Automation

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Imagine activating new robots meant to aid staff in an elder care facility, only to discover the robots are counterproductive.

• They undermine the most meaningful moments of the jobs and increase staff workloads, because robots demand care too.
• Eventually, they're returned.
• This vignette captures key elements of James Adrian Wright's ethnography, "Robots Won't Save Japan", an essential resource for understanding the state of elder care robotics.