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Hello, this is Six Minute English, I'm Rob, and joining me to do this is Sam.
Hello.
In this program, we're talking about robots.
Robots can perform many tasks, but they're now being introduced in social care to operators' carers to look after the sick and elderly.
We'll be discussing the positive and negative issues around this,
but first, let's set you a question to answer, Sam.
Are you ready for this?
Fire away.
Do you know, in which year was the first commercial robot built?
Was it in a 1944, B 1954, or C 1964?
They're not brand new inventions, so I'll go for 1954.
Okay, well, I'll tell you if you're right or wrong at the end of the program.
So let's talk more about robots and specifically ones that are designed to care for people.
Traditionally, it's humans working as nurses or carers who take care of elderly people.
Those people who are too old or too unwell to look after themselves.
But finding enough carers to look after people is a problem.
There are more people needing care than there are people who can help.
And recently in the UK, the government announced a 34 million pound fund to help develop robots to look after us in our later years.