Emma the joke-telling robot cracks up the care home: Paula Hornickel’s best photograph

O ne morning in July 2025, I arrived in the small, quiet town of Albershausen in south-west Germany. It has only around 4,000 inhabitants. I went to visit a care home where they were piloting a social robot named Emma. A group of residents sat in a circle while Emma stood in the middle. She’s the he...

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