Playing videogames with robots – just one way that technology is reshaping elderly health care in China

A growing number of scientists and tech companies in China are working on AI applications to make the country’s health care services more flexible. — SCMP

Wang Lingmei is sitting in front of a rehab training machine in an elderly care centre in China and playing an electronic game.

Using a machine that looks a bit like an electronic piano with a TV screen attached instead of a music score, the 84-year-old is reaching out to touch virtual fruits by moving a handle as part of a daily exercise routine to recover mobility after fracturing her right arm and leg in a fall a year ago.