e-Journal: Are Robots Helpful in Healthcare?

In contrast to the number of caregivers, the number of people in need of care is increasing sharply. Can assistant robots defuse the situation?

Oliver Bendel, industrial and service robots and especially co-robots expert beliefs that robots cooperate with people. He describes how collaborative robots have become indispensable in factories, in the service sector, and in surgical interventions. There are also expectations regarding increasing use in the care and therapy sector. Where are we standing today regarding robotics in healthcare?

Discover the answers to these and other questions in Edgar Zimmermann’s article on e-journal.ch

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Oliver Bendel with two of his books on ethics and care robots. (Image: Zi)

Interview with Oliver Bendel and Michael Früh