Emerging Robotics Trends in Senior Care

By Katie Brenneman

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Robots are becoming a more commonplace part of our lives. They can improve the efficiency of various types of repetitive and detail-oriented tasks. One of the spaces they hold great potential for is senior care.

This is a key part of how digital technology is currently transforming healthcare. Advanced tools such as robotics — alongside artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and other applications — are improving the patient experience. They’re driving better care access with telemedical services and even improving accurate decision-making. These benefits are great for everyone, but are particularly vital for vulnerable groups, such as those in senior care.

Robotics in this field is still in its relatively early days. But let’s take a closer look at the emerging trends and how they can make a difference now and in the future.

Meet Pepper the Robot: ‘We recognize that we need to be able to bridge that communication gap’

By Sydney Dawes 

Pepper arrived at Stillwater Center in Montgomery County in January. Photo courtesy of Stillwater Center.

The newest member of Stillwater Center’s team can speak multiple languages, double-check dosage information for patients and lead story time for children at the facility.

This new addition to Stillwater also stands at four feet tall and is made of metal and plastic.

What Will the Future of Healthcare Look Like

By Ashley Lipman

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The future is hard to imagine for most industries, given the range of recent technological advancements driving them forward. Even medicine, a traditionally change-resistant field, is seeing massive transformations on the horizon. 

Some trends are possible to intuit, though. Notably, tech-facilitated medical care and education and new solutions to age-old problems are all entering the realm of possibilities. 

Let's delve deeper into these developments.

How Robots Can Help With Our Healthcare Labor Needs

By Evelyn Long

The COVID-19 pandemic changed healthcare technology forever by bringing medical robots to center stage. Today’s healthcare facilities are under historic levels of strain. Meeting the needs of patients while protecting the safety of care staff has become the industry’s biggest concern.

Robots may be the future of healthcare. Years of innovation are bringing useful new robots to medical facilities just when they are needed most. These robots have the skills to meet today’s most urgent healthcare labor needs.

Service And Delivery Robots to Aid the Labor Shortages. Bring Automation to Help!

We all heard about the labor shortages that are affecting every aspect of our country in our economy, especially when it comes to the service, food, and hospitality industries. 

Without enough employees,  companies will only be able to complete a limited number of projects, robots are essentially not replacing individuals, not replacing employees, they are here to augment the people that are working. They are here to automate the mundane tasks that humans should not do! Check the video below and learn how. 

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