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Loneliness Kills: Can Autonomous Systems and Robotics Assist in Providing Solutions?

Tauseef Gulrez1*, Samia Neftimeziani1, Phil Mc evoy2 and Anthony Hodgson3

Loneliness Kills People who are lonely are at higher risk of deathand people who are less lonely live longer. See, for example recent editorial comments “people with stronger social relationships had a 50% increased likelihood of survival than those with weaker social relationships” [1]. In the past decade, advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and embedded computing have enabled the application of robotics to many real-world environments