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WIPO: “Assistive technology” is in the ascendant, greatly improving the living conditions of people with physical dysfunction.

By the end of 2022, my country's population aged 60 and over will reach 280 million, accounting for 19.8%. More than 190 million elderly people suffer from chronic diseases, and the proportion of one or more chronic diseases is as high as 75%. 44 million, has become the most worrying part of the huge elderly group. With the rapid aging of the population and the increasing number of people with disabilities and dementia, the demand for social care is also increasing rapidly.

In today's increasingly aging population, if there is a bedridden and disabled elderly person in a family, it will not only be a difficult problem to care for, but also the cost will be staggering. Calculated according to the nursing method of hiring a nursing worker for the elderly, the annual salary expenditure for the nursing worker is about 60,000 to 100,000 (not counting the cost of nursing supplies). If the elderly live with dignity for 10 years, the consumption in these 10 years will be Reaching about 1 million yuan, I don't know how many ordinary families can't afford it.

Nowadays, artificial intelligence has slowly entered all aspects of our lives, and it can also be applied to the most difficult pension problems.

Then, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence today, the emergence of smart toilet care robots can sense and automatically process urine and urine in seconds after being worn on the body of the elderly, and the machine will automatically clean with warm water and dry with warm air. No human intervention is required either. At the same time, it can alleviate the psychological trauma of "low self-esteem and incompetence" of the disabled elderly, so that every disabled elderly can regain their dignity and life motivation. At the same time, in terms of long-term cost, the smart toilet care robot is far lower than the cost of manual care.

In addition, there are a series of escort robots that provide mobility assistance, sanitation, mobility assistance, security protection and other services to solve the problems encountered in the daily care of the elderly.

Companion robots can accompany the elderly in games, singing, dancing, etc. The main functions include home care, intelligent positioning, one-key calling for help, rehabilitation training, and video and voice calls with children at any time.

Family escort robots mainly provide 24-hour daily care and accompanying services, helping the elderly to provide care in place, and also realize functions such as remote diagnosis and medical treatment by connecting with hospitals and other institutions.

The future has come, and smart elderly care is no longer far away. It is believed that with the advent of intelligent, multi-functional, and highly-integrated elderly care robots, future robots will meet human needs to a greater extent, and the human-computer interaction experience will become more and more aware of human emotions.

It can be imagined that in the future, the supply and demand of the elderly care market will be dislocated, and the number of employees in the nursing industry will continue to decrease; while the public will accept new things such as robots more and more. 

Robots that are superior in terms of practicality, comfort, and economy are likely to be integrated into every household and replace traditional labor in the next few decades.


Post time: Aug-04-2023