Inside Japan’s long experiment in automating elder care
WEBJan 9, 2023 · A growing body of evidence is finding that robots tend to end up creating more work for caregivers. In Japan, robots are often assumed to be a natural solution to the “problem” of elder care ...
The Rise of Caregiver Robots: The Future of Caregiving
WEBJul 19, 2023 · There are several types of caregiving robots available, each designed to address specific needs and tasks. For example, the Dinsow eldercare robot, Care-o-bot, Pepper and NAO robots, BeanQ, and ElliQ all offer unique features and capabilities to assist human caregivers.
Will we ever have robot carers? - BBC
WEBApr 22, 2019 · Carer robots, on the other hand, are a relatively recent phenomenon. With people living longer there is a growing population of elderly people who will require assistance with their daily lives....
Are robots the solution to the crisis in older-person care? - Nature
WEBApr 25, 2024 · With efficacy being questioned, and signs of resistance among carers and prospective users, widespread adoption of robots in older-person care settings faces clear obstacles.
Can Care Robots Improve Quality Of Life As We Age? - Forbes
WEBJan 18, 2021 · As a growing class of care robots claim to provide the elderly with the benefits of human connection through technology, what risks and opportunities must designers consider?
Whatever Happened to All Those Care Robots? - The Atlantic
WEBMar 21, 2024 · Whatever care robots’ impact on well-being, multiple studies have found that, far from easing the demands on human caregivers, they can create additional work for them. The most obvious reason...
Robots rise to meet the challenge of caring for old people - Nature
WEBJan 19, 2022 · Robots that conduct simple tasks or provide social and cognitive support are clearly important, but Charles Kemp is focusing on robots that can help people feed, clean or dress themselves and...
How Robots Could Help the Elderly Age in Their Homes
WEBAug 29, 2017 · Experimental robots help lift people into and out of chairs and beds, follow recipes, fold towels and dispense pills. Soon, autonomous (self-driving) cars will ferry people to appointments and...
The Robot That Could Change the Senior Care Industry | Time
WEBOct 4, 2019 · It’s no small feat to craft a technological fix for this problem that is cost-effective, supports human care workers without taking their jobs, and reliably attends to the social, emotional, and...
Before replacing a carer with a robot, we need to assess the pros …
WEBNov 8, 2018 · Robots are increasingly becoming a feature of our care services, capable of fulfilling a number of roles from manual tasks through to social interaction. Their wider use has been heralded as...