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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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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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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The Lio assistant robot is used for the first time by a paraplegic at home. The test is supported by ParaHelp, a subsidiary of the Paraplegic Foundation – so that Lio can become real help for people with spinal cord injury.
In the new children’s book “Globi and the Robots” assistant robot Lio has a small but very important appearance.
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Robots can support people in isolation, as a demonstration at F&P Robotics is supposed to prove. Robot Lio drives to a patient’s bed, gives a friendly greeting, and hands woman water and medication.
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The professional personal assisting robot Lio is important part of the Caritas St. Marienhaus in Constance since January 2020.
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The paper „Co-Robots as Care Robots“ by Oliver Bendel, Alina Gasser and Joel Siebenmann was accepted at the AAAI 2020 Spring Symposia.
The extraordinary situation due to the Corona Virus does not lead to only negative effects. Many Swiss companies can implement new digital ideas for medical behaviour and therefore stand out in an especially positive way.
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The German Ethics Council sees great potential for assistant robots in healthcare and elderly care industries. Assistant robots can be particularly useful as support for staff in medical facilities.