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Zora is a humanoid robot intended to promote mobility and rehabilitation. The Lahti pilot was the first Zora pilot in Finland in public elderly-care services. It received much publicity, both regionally and nationally.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study is based on an empirical case study on the implementation of the Zora robot in elderly-care services. The data consist of interviews with personnel who operated Zora and comments from the general public about the \u201cZora\u201d robot. Two data sources were used: 107 comments were collected from online and print media, and the personnel (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=39) who worked with Zora were interviewed. The data were analysed by means of interpretative content analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The results show that public opinion is mainly negative, but that the commentators apparently have little information about the robot and its tasks. 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