Since the coronavirus outbreak began, I feel that our “normal” has been turning into a “new normal”- a new baseline that is far from our pre-corona comfort zone, and I doubt that we will return to everyday life as we knew it. The new normal has torn us apart and intensified the use of technologies that help us mask our real selves. Our lives have changed in ways we are not fully aware of: our interaction with other people, our self-perception, our understanding of the world and our place in it - have all shifted.

Coronavirus has spurred the development of assistive robots for the elderly. Robots can and could do a lot to help older people, but there is one crucial thing they cannot do.

Coronavirus marks a seismic shift in the robotics industry, from greater emphasis on healthcare to macro-level policy to new sales models.