Hovakimyan talks drones for elderly on Nightly Business Report
10/14/2016
Hovakimyan and her research group are developing autonomous drones that can perform simple but useful household tasks. She spoke about her work at the Aging 2.0 conference this week in San Francisco.
"We could have a slightly bigger drone that could go grab a glass of water, or reach under the table to grab a fallen object, or clean your chandelier or get something from the second floor [of your home], and other simple tasks," she said.
See the entire segment here, which starts at 22:30. Hovakimyan appears around the 24:58 mark.