Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall

Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall

The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country's median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And the number of adults older than 65 is expected to balloon from 58 million to 82 million by 2050. The challenge of caring for the elderly, amid shortages of care workers, rising health care costs, and evolving family structures, is an increasingly urgent societal issue.

Robotics provides society with technological support to face current challenges such as the galloping ageing of the population, to which the province of Alicante, Spain's fourth largest population density, is no stranger.

A new robot called E-BAR could change the care of the elderly. Developed by MIT engineers, it serves as a mobile handlebar that helps older people walk and get up and even protects them from falls. Given the ageing population and the lack of nurses, the robot offers a potential solution to the challenges of home care. The article Robots helps older people walk and get up appeared first on ingenieur.de - Job Market and News Portal for Engineers.

E-BAR: A mobile robot helps people sit and stand

have built and tested the Elderly Bodily Assistance Robot, or E-BAR, a mobile robot designed to physically support the elderly.