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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw aeroplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society.
Robots, such as the sound-sensitive Chapit, answer simple questions and even joke with people to help the solitary fight loneliness and stay alert in old age.
"Many older people in Japan live alone and have no one to talk to," said Kazuya Kitamura, a representative of the expo organiser. "Communication robots accompany people and don't mind listening to the same stories over and over again."
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