Meet the fitness instructor who’s a hit with Singapore’s elderly – and it’s a robot

SMU is developing an initiative called SHINESeniors, to enable seniors to age-in-place with a sensor-enabled home. The initiative will see unobtrusive sensors being installed by the team around the elderly’s homes to monitor their daily living patterns. The programme has benefitted more than 100 senior citizens. SMU is studying the commercial possibility with the objective of reaching out to more elderly in the near future.