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home-helper

American  
[hohm-hel-per] / ˈhoʊmˌhɛl pər /

noun

  1. someone who provides part-time or full-time care for a sick or disabled person at home.

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"He's not helping. He's making money," said Iyabo Balogun, a 51-year-old home-helper who works with the elderly and lives in a unit with her niece and her two children.

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But home-helper robots are a few years off, military robots are imminent, and self-driving cars are already here.

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