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Robotics in Healthcare: From Surgical Assistants to Elderly Care

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Seeing technology as the most trending news topic has become routine for a long time now. However, with steady progress and developments made daily, the world is automating and finding new ways to innovate mundane ideas, be it in the health sector, education, finance, or manufacturing.

The intersection of robotics and healthcare is ushering in a new era of medical innovation, transforming how we approach patient care, surgical procedures, and elderly assistance. While healthcare robotics began as experimental tools, they have evolved into indispensable assets in the present day.

Early innovations only focused on simple automation. However, today’s systems integrate AI and precision engineering. This synergy enables robots to perform tasks once thought impossible. Let’s explore this in detail: [Read more…] about Robotics in Healthcare: From Surgical Assistants to Elderly Care

Role of Robotics and AI in Assisting the Elderly

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The global population of elderly adults aged 65 and above is projected to grow dramatically in the coming decades. This demographic shift brings with it numerous challenges as healthcare systems struggle to provide adequate adult primary care and support for aging populations.

Innovations in robotics and artificial intelligence are emerging as promising solutions to assist elderly individuals with their health, safety, and overall well-being.

By harnessing the capabilities of these technologies, societies can better support their aging populations and enable them to age gracefully with dignity, independence, and improved quality of life. [Read more…] about Role of Robotics and AI in Assisting the Elderly

Robotic pets: How to choose and what you should know about them

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Communication with pets helps reduce stress levels, distracts from troubles and reduces anxiety. There is even a method of treatment – pet therapy. Four-legged pets make a person move more and expand their social circle – after all, pet lovers will always find common topics for conversation.

Communication with animals is especially useful for older people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, for children with mental disorders and for patients who are in the hospital for a long time. Pets save them from loneliness, help overcome depression, reduce anxiety and irritability.

But sick people can’t always get a cat or a dog – they can’t take care of them, and nursing home residents and hospital patients aren’t allowed to keep animals. It’s for such people that they made companion robots. [Read more…] about Robotic pets: How to choose and what you should know about them

Columbia university demonstrates robotic cane to ‘improve stability in walking’

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Columbia University has demonstrated a robotic cane which it claims can “improve stability in walking”.

The developers say the device acts as a cane-like mobile assistant to provide “light-touch” operation to help the elderly and others with impaired mobility.

By adding electronics and computation technology to a simple cane that has been around since ancient times, a team of researchers at Columbia Engineering have transformed it into a 21st-century robotic device that can provide light-touch assistance in walking to the aged and others with impaired mobility. [Read more…] about Columbia university demonstrates robotic cane to ‘improve stability in walking’

Toyota demonstrates robot to make elderly people walk faster

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By Naomi Tajitsu, Reuters

Japanese automakers are looking beyond the industry trend to develop self-driving cars and turning their attention to robots to help keep the country’s rapidly graying society on the move.

Toyota said it saw the possibility of becoming a mass producer of robots to help the elderly in a country whose population is ageing faster than the rest of the world as the birthrate decreases.

The country’s changing demographics place its automakers in a unique situation. Along with the issues usually associated with falling populations such as labor shortages and pension squeezes, Japan also faces dwindling domestic demand for cars.

Toyota, the world’s second largest automaker, made its first foray into commercializing rehabilitation robots on Wednesday, launching a rental service for its walk assist system, which helps patients to learn how to walk again after suffering strokes and other conditions.  [Read more…] about Toyota demonstrates robot to make elderly people walk faster

Singapore: ‘From successful city to smart nation’

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Singapore is a city state which blends tradition and modernity.

Now, authorities are looking to take the next step and go from being a successful city to a smart nation.

Among the many technology initiatives the authorities have embarked on is to introduce robots into the lives of elderly people, as well as teach them how to use computers to basic and advanced levels.

This video shows a robot designed to guide elderly residents through a series of exercises to help maintain them in the best possible health, and computer classes.