Care robotics as a research field has developed a lot in recent years, driven by the rapidly increasing need for it. However, these technologies are mostly limited to a very concrete and usually relatively simple use case. The bimanual robot House of Living Labs intelligent Escort (HoLLiE) includes an omnidirectional mobile platform. This paper presents how HoLLiE is adapted, by flexible software and hardware modules, for different care applications. The design goal of HoLLiE was to be human-like but abstract enough to ensure a high level of acceptance, which is very advantageous for its use in hospitals. After a short retrospect of previous generations of HoLLiE, it is highlighted how the current version is equipped with a variety of additional sensors and actuators to allow a wide range of possible applications. Then, the software stack of HoLLiE is depicted, with the focus on navigation and force sensitive intention recognition.

A schoolgirl has had her first ever bionic arm fitted after being born without a right hand. Hollie Lownds, 11, was fitted with the'Iron Man' themed bionic arm, which is worth £5,000, in September. It will allow her to brush her hair, eat with a knife and fork and ride a bike for the first time, and she is particularly excited to open Christmas presents with two hands. Hollie's parents were told 20 weeks into the pregnancy that their daughter was missing her right hand because of a growth defect but the cause wasn't clear to doctors. Since she was born she hasn't had a prosthetic arm and has tried to use the stump of her elbow joint to grasp things and open doors.