Can you accept robots to help you care for the elderly?

service robots will accompany you day and night, are you ready for them to go with you?


Aging is closely related to robots.


Although it will take a long time before the birth of the real pension type service robot , the aging society's demand for small inventions in the robot field has been growing rapidly.


For example, in Japan, 8% of nursing homes are equipped with crane-type robots to help workers complete the care of disabled elderly people.


Robotics expert Gill Pratt estimates that by 2025, one third of robotics companies will start manufacturing service robots.


Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University The joint study shows that between 1993 and 2014, the countries that invested the most in the field of robotics were the fastest aging countries.


Aging proposes the need for automation from two perspectives, one is the lack of market labor, and the other is the need for care and companionship of the elderly.


As for China, MIT professor Daron Acemoglu estimates that China will install about 2 million robots by 2040.


At the same time, according to United Nations statistics, China's working-age population (20 to 64 years old) will decrease by 124 million by 2040, equivalent to approximately 13% of the total population.


Of course, the current robot market is mainly dominated by industrial robots, which is about 7 times that of the service robot market.However, due to the intensification of the global population aging problem, service robots will have a lot of room for growth.


Market demand is one aspect, but in terms of human feelings and emotions, it is difficult for human care to be replaced by machines in the short term.


This is clearly reflected in Japan, which has entered an aging population. Japan emphasizes that robots can currently provide assistance in monitoring and other aspects to help save time and labor, but they cannot replace humans.


But through the above analysis, we all understand that under the background of the lack of labor force and the shortage of nursing staff, the pension of service robots is the general trend.


And just past the end of last month, Tesla's Musk released the renderings of his company is developing a humanoid robot, and promised to make it "sometime next year" prototype.


Musk’s humanoid robot 3D effect display

In the future, whether we can accept it or not, the reality is like this, so people who are old and young may now try to adapt in advance and try to make It may be a more appropriate choice to incorporate more intelligent elements into your life, and to prepare in advance.

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