Cutting-edge 'social' robot holds BINGO lessons for OAPs in a care home

A cutting-edge'social' robot designed to keep people company, is to hold bingo lessons for pensioners in a British care home as part of a study. Stevie the robot is so advanced he was recently named one of the best inventions of 2019 and featured on the cover of Time Magazine. There he will keep residents involved, entertained, and engaged - and rather bizarrely he will even be leading bingo sessions. Recently back from a visit to the States, Stevie has been placed into the care of experts from the University of Plymouth's Centre for Health Technology. Dr Conor McGinn, assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, said: 'This pilot is the start of an exciting new relationship with the University of Plymouth.