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With an aging population and the financial difficulties of having a full time caregiver for every dependent person living at home, assistant robots appear to be a solution for advanced countries. However, most of what can be done with a robot can be done without it. So it is difficult to quantify what real value an assistant robot can add. Such a robot should be a real assistant capable of helping...