The Gray Tsunami
From: Discover - 10/2012 - page 36

Robovie-II from the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute may one
day aid the elderly in Japan, where a shortage of caretakers for the aged is
already playing out. 

Table of Contents:
http://discovermagazine.com/2012/oct

Links:
Robovie-II, the Robot That Helps You Buy Groceries
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-12/robovie-ii-robot-helps-you-shop

Robovie-II grocery shopping assistant video (2:39)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BckK1EcRA60

Robovie-II helps with the grocery shopping
http://pinktentacle.com/2009/12/robovie-ii-helps-with-the-grocery-shopping/