Episode

Companion Robots for Older Adults

Podcast: SHIFT
Published: Dec 31, 2025
Duration seconds: 1379
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Summary

We meet a founder questioning the wisdom of the Turing Test as he works to address the loneliness epidemic among the elderly, in the latest installment of our oral history project. We Meet: Intuition Robotics Founder Dor Skuler, maker of the ElliQ digital companion Credits: SHIFT is produced by Jennifer Strong and Emma Cillekens. It’s mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco. This episode first published in August 2024.