In contrast to the number of caregivers, the number of people in need of care is increasing sharply. Can assistant robots defuse the situation?
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e-Journal: Are Robots Helpful in Healthcare?
«Focus on Healthcare» Digital Health
Artificial intelligence enables highly accurate diagnoses, apps can be used to measure blood pressure, the organ donation card can be accessed electronically and robots are conquering health care. Digital health has many faces; offers opportunities, but also raises questions.
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Robots in Care – a Team Member with 16 Hours Working Day
Robots in care are becoming more needed every day. Personal assistant robot Lio is here to assist healthcare professionals. Interview with Prof. Oliver Bendel and Michael Früh about challenges and solutions in healthcare robotics published in med Ambiente magazine.
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Article in Südkurier: Disinfection? The robot will help you out!
Lio is the care robot in the Marienhaus elderly care home. The new team member learns quickly – for example, how to disinfect doors.
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“This Renders Lio Unbeatable” – Interview with Gery Colombo, PhD
The Tech-Firm F&P Robotics has pulled off a coup: Their latest addition to the advisory board is Gery Colombo, a true pioneer in Robotics. Once he revolutionised the rehabilitation in the health industry, now he explains why and how F&P Robotics can achieve the same in elderly care.
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Assistance in Care: Promised by Assistant Robot Lio
The assistant robot Lio assists the nursing staff and elderly people in Emmersberg’s elderly care center in Schaffhausen. The robot illustrates how automation and healthcare come nicely together.
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Assistant Robot Lio in Stiftung Rossfeld
The assistant robot Lio has been supporting the residents and employees of the Rossfeld Foundation – a competence center for people with physical disabilities since May 25, 2020.
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Lio Research Paper Published on IEEE RA-L and IROS 2020
The research paper “Lio – A Personal Robot Assistant for Human-Robot Interaction and Care Applications” was accepted for two major IEEE publications. The first one is already published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). Also, this paper will be presented at IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in October 2020.
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Lio Supports Elderly People in Schaffhausen
Assistant robot Lio supports elderly people in Alterszentrum Emmersberg in Schaffhausen since January 2020. The main goal of the elderly care home is to provide enough time and care to ensure the well-being of those in need. The elderly care home Emmersberg believes that it is possible by relieving some of the less attractive work or peak workload while using modern technologies and robotics. That is were personal care robot Lio comes in hand.
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Why Are Robots Useful in Fighting Coronavirus?
With hundreds of thousands of people getting affected by COVID-19 every single day resources of healthcare systems are running out pretty quickly. Robots are ready not only to support healthcare workers in the hospitals but also to assist everyone in preventing the spread of the disease.
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