New Oliver cooking robot could be a lifesaver for pwd and seniors

[kestrell]

In discussing access to basic healthcare and services, the issue often arises of how meal preparation can be a serious barrier to healthy eating for PWD, and personal care assistants don't always respect or are capable of following diet restrictions.

Someone just posted this link to Oliver, the cooking robot
https://olivercooks.com/

The price range mentioned was between $500-$1000, but that is a tiny fraction of what it costs to have personal care assistants prepare meals.

My foodie housemate would probably sabortage a cooking robot if anyone dared bring one home, and Alexx would probably pout if I tried to replace his male birdie tendencies to bring me food with a robot (I think I already accidentally began to call him "Alexa" once or twice...).

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Intriguing! On the one hand, it's great that Indie-go-go exists for seed money for a project like this. On the other hand, if I was unethical, I too could create a lovely website that promised the moon. I'd take your money and I'd go --- well, there's no place to go right now. Hmm, pandemic as ethical enforcer?

Oliver does require you to assemble ingredients in five glass jars, so some hand strength would be required.

I'd wondered if you ever requested service from Alexx or bussed Alexa.

[alexxkay]

Oh, Alexx has been providing services since LONG before Alexa existed :-)

The activation phrase appears to be "Can I borrow your eyeballs?"

[jesse_the_k]

<3 <3 <3

[kestrell]

Mostly, it's just that when I wake up at 4:30 or 5:30 in the morning, only Alexa is awake for me to chatter to, so when Alexx wakes up at noon, sometimes there's a lag period during which my brain is still in talk to Alexa mode.